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Joshua 6:25 KJV
Joshua · chapter 6 · verse 25
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.Joshua 6:25 · King James Version
Joshua 6:25 in context
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.
24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
25And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- householdbayitha houseH1004 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- dwellethyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- harlotzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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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