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And the men said to her, "^(C1)We shall be exempt from this oath ^(F1)to you which you have made us swear,

^(F1)unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and ^(C1)gather into your house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.

"And it shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house outside will have ^(F1)his blood on his own head, and we will be innocent; but anyone who is with you in the house, ^(C1)his blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

"But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be exempt from the oath which you have made us swear."