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Joshua 2:12

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2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. 1  Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. 2  Give me a solemn pledge 3 

Joshua 6:23

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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 4  the Israelite camp.

Joshua 6:25

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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 

Joshua 7:14

Context
7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. 9  The tribe the Lord selects 10  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. 11  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. 12 

Joshua 7:18

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7:18 He then made Zabdi’s 13  family approach man by man 14  and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

1 tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

sn To swear an oath in the Lord’s name would make the Lord the witness and guarantor of the promise attached to the oath. If the person making the oath should go back on the promise, the Lord would judge him for breaking the contract.

2 tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

3 tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

4 tn Or “placed them outside.”

5 tn Heb “kept alive.”

6 tn Heb the house of her father.”

7 tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

8 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

9 tn Heb “by your tribes.”

10 tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

11 tn Heb “houses.”

12 tn Heb “by men.”

13 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

14 tn Heb “by men.”



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