¹⁹ The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”^(A)

¹¹ “‘Do not steal.^(A)

“‘Do not lie.^(B)

“‘Do not deceive one another.^(C)

³ So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab:^(A) “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

⁴ But the woman had taken the two men^(B) and hidden them.^(C) She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ⁵ At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate,^(D) they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”^(E)