⁶ She was lying, because the two men lay where she had hidden them beneath the stalks of flax laid out on her roof.

⁷ The soldiers ordered the gate opened long enough for them to pass through; then the gate was closed. They took the road that went straight toward the narrowest parts of the Jordan, which would be the easiest place for the spies to cross.

⁸ But the two spies were still on Rahab’s roof. She came up and found them awake.