²⁰ But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be released from this oath that you made us swear to you.’ ²¹ She said, ‘According to your words, so be it.’ She sent them away and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.

²² They departed and went into the hill country and stayed there for three days, until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the way and found nothing.