¹¹ ‘^(A)You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, ^(B)nor lie to one another.

³ And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to spy out all the land.” ⁴ But the ^(A)woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. ⁵ It came about, when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

^12 (A)So Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled, and escaped. ¹³ And Michal took ^(B)the ^[a]household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothing. ¹⁴ When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “^(C)He is sick.” ¹⁵ Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on ^[b]his bed, so that I may put him to death.” ¹⁶ When the messengers entered, behold, the ^[c]household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head. ¹⁷ So Saul said to Michal, “Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! ^(D)Why should I put you to death?’”