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. ⁷ 

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.) ⁹ 

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[6:17]  ² tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  ³ 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.

[10:27]  ⁴ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.