Discovery BoxJoshua 2:18-19 
Context2:18 When we invade the land 1 , tie this red rope 2 in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. 3 2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! 4 But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. 5
1 tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”
2 tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”
3 tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”
4 tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”
5 tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”
