# General Information:
The Israelite spies continue to talk to Rahab.
# if you do not do this
This expresses a condition for the promise the spies had made to Rahab. The word, "this," refers to "tie this scarlet rope in the window" in [Joshua 2:18](./18.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]