Joshua 6:22

But Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the country, “Go to the prostitute’s house and fetch the woman out, with all she has, as you swore to her.”

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In The King James Version

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

In Context

21They massacred all in the city, men and women, old and young alike, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, giving no quarter.

23So the young spies went and brought Rahab out, with her father and mother and brothers and all she had, all her family. They placed them outside the camp of Israel.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:14The men replied, “Our lives for yours – only you must not breathe a word about our errand. Then we will deal kindly and honestly with you when the Lord gives us the country.”

Joshua 9:15Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to spare their lives, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:18-27

Jericho Destroyed; Preservation of Rahab. ( b. c. 1451.) 17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are… Read the whole commentary →

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