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16 Rahab told them, ‘Go to the hills. The men who are chasing you will not find you there. Hide there for three days until they return to this city. Then you can go back to your people.’

17 The men said to her, ‘If you do what we say, we will do what we have promised. 18 We will soon attack this land. So tie this red string in the window that we came through.[a] Bring your father, your mother, your brothers and sisters and all your family into your house.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:18 The men told Rahab to tie a red string in her window. This was the sign that the Israelites would not kill her or her family.