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Joshua 6:21 KJV
Joshua · chapter 6 · verse 21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.Joshua 6:21 · King James Version
Joshua 6:21 in context
19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
22But 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.
23And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyedchâramto secludeH2763 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- youngnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- sheepseha member of a flockH7716 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- edgepehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Jos 6:16), "The Lord hath given you the city, enter and take possession." Accordingly in these verses we have, I. The rules they were to observe in taking possession.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27