6 (But ^ashe had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)  ‡

7 Then the men pursued them by the road to the Jordan, to the fords. And as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

9 and said to the men: ^a“I know that the Lord has given you the land, that ^bthe terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ^care fainthearted because of you.  ‡

10 For we have heard how the Lord ^adried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and ^bwhat you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you ^cutterly destroyed.  ‡