Discovery BoxJoshua 6:17 
Context6:17 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 6:22-25
Context6:22 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 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 5 the Israelite camp. 6:24 But they burned 6 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. 7 6:25 Yet Joshua spared 8 Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, 9 and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel 10 to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. 11
1 tn Or “dedicated to the
sn To make the city set apart for the
2 tn Heb “messengers.”
3 tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”
4 tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”
5 tn Or “placed them outside.”
6 tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”
7 tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the
8 tn Heb “kept alive.”
9 tn Heb the house of her father.”
10 tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”
11 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
