Joshua 10:16-17
10:16 The five Amorite kings 1 ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.
10:17 Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
Joshua 6:17
6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the
Lord,
2 except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies
3 we sent.
Joshua 6:25
6:25 Yet Joshua spared
4 Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family,
5 and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel
6 to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.
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Joshua 10:27
10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees.
8 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)
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1 tn Heb “these five kings.”
2 tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”
3 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.
4 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.
5 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.