They departed and went into the hills and remained there three days until the pursuers returned, and the pursuers searched all along the way and found nothing.
Joshua 2:22
Three days wait in the hills is another allusion to death and resurrection. Hiding in the hills was like a time of death. After three days, they rose up, crossed the Jordan River, and returned to Joshua (aka Yehoshua, aka Yeshua).
And she said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Joshua 2:21
Rahab "bound the scarlet hope in the window". She didn't just sit on her hands and hope the spies would remember her. She acted. She demonstrated her faith by doing what she was told.
"Faith without works is dead." -James
Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
Joshua 2:19
These instructions echo what God told Israel before the Exodus. If any Israelite didn't put the lamb's blood on the door or left the house before morning, his death would be his own fault. No matter who your ancestors are, if you reject God's grace, you are on your own. It's not enough to be a Jew or an Israelite or "culturally Christian". You must believe in Him for yourself.
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Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
Joshua 2:18
The Hebrew in this verse for "line of scarlet thread" is "tikvah khut hashaniy", which can also be translated "hope of scarlet thread". It's really cool the way that God slips these prophetic messages into the Bible's stories.