Jos 2:17-20 | NASB2020 | STEP | And the men said to her, “ We shall be exempt from this oath to you which you have made us swear ,

Joshua 2:17-20

17 And the men said to her, “ ^aWe shall be exempt from this oath ^{▼▼Lit of yours}to you which you have made us swear, 18 ^{▼▼Lit behold}unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and ^dgather into your house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household. 19 And it shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house outside will have ^{▼▼I.e., responsibility for his death}his blood on his own head, and we will be innocent; but anyone who is with you in the house, ^fhis blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on him. 20 But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be exempt from the oath which you have made us swear.”