Joshua 2:21
Good News Translation
She agreed and sent them away. When they had gone, she tied the red cord to the window.

New Revised Standard Version
She said, “According to your words, so be it.” She sent them away and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.

Contemporary English Version
"I'll do exactly what you said," Rahab promised. Then she sent them on their way and tied the red rope to the window.

New American Bible
“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and sent them away. When they were gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

And she bound

Joshua 2:18 If, when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren, and all thy kindred into thy house.

Matthew 7:24 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

John 2:5 His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.

Context
The Promise to Rahab
20But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear. 21And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.22But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.…
Cross References
Joshua 2:20
But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

Joshua 2:22
But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.

Joshua 2:20
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