Joshua 6:22-25

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ¹  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ²  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 ³  the Israelite camp. 6:24 But they burned ⁴  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. ⁵  6:25 Yet Joshua spared ⁶  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁷  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ⁸  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁹ 

[6:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ² tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

[6:23]  ³ tn Or “placed them outside.”

[6:24]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

[6:24]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ⁸ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.