Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
The cord Rahab was to hang out of her window and over the town wall-her house stood on the wall (Joshua 2:15)-was scarlet in color (Joshua 2:15; Joshua 2:18). Archaeologists have discovered houses within the ruined walls of ancient Jericho. [Note: See Bryant G. Wood, "Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho? A New Look at the Archaeological Evidence," Biblical Archaeology Review 16:2 (1990):56.] Its unusual color would have marked Rahab’s house for the Israelites. The color had symbolic significance, too, since red recalls blood and vigorous life.