Joshua 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.

Ge 12:3; Le 27:28,29; Nu 21:2,3; Jos 2:1; Jos 2:4-6,22; Jos 6:22,23; Jos 7:1; 1Sa 15:6; Ezr 10:8; Isa 34:6; Jer 46:10; Eze 39:17; Mic 4:13; Mt 10:41,42; Mt 25:40; 1Co 2:7; 1Co 16:22; Ga 3:10,12; Heb 6:10; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25

¹ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

sn To make the city set apart for the Lord would involve annihilating all the people and animals and placing its riches in the Lord’s treasury (vv. 19, 21, 24).

² tn Heb “messengers.”