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 6:22

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 

Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ⁵  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁶  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ⁷  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁸ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[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.”

[6:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “kept alive.”

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

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.