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And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
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And the menanswered her, Our life for yours , if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will dealkindly and truly with thee.
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Then she let them down by a cordthrough the window: for her house was upon the townwall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
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And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuersmeet you; and hide yourselves there threedays, until the pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way.
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And the mensaid unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear .
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Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarletthread in the window which thou didst let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father'shousehold,home unto thee.
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And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
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And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear .
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And she said , According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away , and they departed : and she bound the scarletline in the window.
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And they went , and came unto the mountain, and abode there threedays, until the pursuers were returned : and the pursuerssought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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So the twomenreturned , and descended from the mountain, and passed over , and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: