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The men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.
18
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father`s household.
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It shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him.
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But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.