Judges 4:20

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

Cross-references

In Joshua 2:3-5, Rahab similarly deceives the king's men to protect Israelite spies, mirroring Jael's protective lie for Sisera.

In 2 Samuel 17:20, a woman hides David's spies in a well and lies to Absalom's servants, echoing Jael's deceptive cover story.