23 So the young men who were spies went in and (A)brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp of Israel. 24 Then (B)they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the [a]house of the Lord. 25 However, (C)Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua [b]spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because (D)she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:24 I.e., tabernacle
  2. Joshua 6:25 Lit let live

23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.(A) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

24 Then they burned the whole city(B) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(C) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.(D) 25 But Joshua spared(E) Rahab the prostitute,(F) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho(G)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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