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 6:22-25

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ³  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ⁴  6:23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside ⁵  the Israelite camp. 6:24 But they burned ⁶  the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house. ⁷  6:25 Yet Joshua spared ⁸  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁹  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ¹⁰  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ¹¹ 

[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.”

[6:22]  ³ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

[6:23]  ⁵ tn Or “placed them outside.”

[6:24]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

[6:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the Lord.” Technically the Lord did not have a “house” yet, so perhaps this refers to the tabernacle using later terminology.

[6:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ⁹ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ¹⁰ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.