Joshua 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.

Joshua 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 

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 7  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.) 8 

1 tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

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.

5 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

6 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.