^{3 Ref} And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, `Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.

^{4 Ref} And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they `are';

^{5 Ref} and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to `be' shut -- in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'