The spies knew that she had saved their lives, and recognized her faith in God, so they promised that no harm would come to her or any member of her family when the city was captured by Is'ra-el. Then they took a cord of deep scarlet color and said, "When our men come to take the city, hang this cord from the window of your house. We pledge our lives that no one will be harmed in the building from which there hangs this scarlet cord."
Ra'hab's house was built on top of a wall of Jer-i'cho, and was a part of the fortifications. It was built of huge basalt rocks, with walls three or four feet thick. She hung a rope from one of the windows outside of the wall, and the two men climbed down the rope and made their way back to the river. Then they swam across the Jor'dan again and arrived safely at the camp of Is'ra-el. They told Josh'u-a how frightened the people were in Jer-i'cho, and said, "Surely the LORD has given us this land, and the people dare not oppose us."
Later, when the Is'ra-el-ites captured the city of Jer-i'cho and destroyed all its people, Ra'hab and her family were spared. She turnt fully to the He'brew religion, married one of the princes of the tribe of Ju'dah, thereby becoming an ancestor of the Savior. She is mentioned with honor in the New Testament.
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