# General Information:

The Israelite spies make the promise which Rahab asked for in [Joshua 2:12](../02/12.md)

# Our life for yours, even to death

This idiom is a way of swearing and asking God to curse them if they do not keep their promise. Alternate translation: "If we do not do what we promise, may Yahweh cause us to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])