Chapter 4: The Scarlet Cord

That night, Rahab brought the two men to the window on the outer side of her house. She lowered them down with a rope and told them to head for the hills and hide there for three days until the search party gave up.

Before they climbed down, the spies gave her their conditions.

SPIES“When we return, tie this cord of scarlet thread in your window. Bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and your whole family inside your house. Anyone who goes out the door into the street, their blood will be on their own head. But anyone who stays inside with you, we will protect. And if you tell anyone what we are doing, the oath is broken.”— Joshua 2:18-20

Rahab agreed.

The men disappeared into the dark toward the hills. She took a bright red cord and tied it to the window of her house in the wall.

After three days on the hills, the search party returned to Jericho empty-handed, the two men crossed back over the Jordan and found Joshua.

SPIES“The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands. All the people are melting in fear because of us.”— Joshua 2:24