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 

Ibrani 11:31

11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of ⁷  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

¹ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

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).

² tn Heb “messengers.”

³ tn Heb “kept alive.”

⁴ tn Heb the house of her father.”

⁵ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

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

⁷ tn Grk “did not perish together with.”