Yosua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ¹  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ²  we sent.

Yosua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ³  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁴  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ⁵  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁶ 

Yosua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ⁷  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ⁸  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

[6:17]  ¹ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  sn To make the city set apart for the Lord would involve annihilating all the people and animals and placing its riches in the Lord’s treasury (vv. 19, 21, 24).

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “messengers.”

[6:25]  ³ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ⁵ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ⁸ tn Or “inheritance.”