New American Standard Bible 1995
Joshua 6:22
22Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “1Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”
Joshua 6:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, "Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country, “Go into the harlot’s house, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her.”
Context of Joshua 6:22
20So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. 21They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.” 23So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel. 24They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
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וְלִשְׁנַ֨יִם הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֤ים אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ בֹּ֖אוּ בֵּית־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה הַזּוֹנָ֑ה וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ מִשָּׁ֤ם אֶת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּעְתֶּ֖ם לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
- Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- who had spiedרָגַלrâgal · to spyH7270
- out the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- Goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the harlot’sאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- into the harlot’sזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- and bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- she has out of thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
- as you have swornשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
Cross-references for Joshua 6:22
- Joshua 6:17The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the Lord; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
- Joshua 2:1Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
- Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth,
- Joshua 9:15Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- 2 Samuel 21:2So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).
- Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear the Lord; He swears to his own hurt and does not change;
- Ezekiel 17:13He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,
- Hebrews 11:31By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.
Commentaries on Joshua 6:22
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice of God, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He appoints, from whom, as creatures, they received their lives, and to whom, as sinners, they had forfeited them. Rahab perished not with them that believed not, He 11:31. All her kindred were saved with her; thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house, Ac 16:31. She, and they with her, were plucked as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23The two spies fulfilled Joshua’s command and their promise to Rahab. Through the actions of God’s people, a pagan household saw that God is trustworthy. the house of the prostitute: See study note on 2:1. Moving Rahab and her family near the camp of Israel provided security.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2522-23. Joshua had said ... Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath--It is evident that the town walls were not demolished universally, at least all at once, for Rahab's house was allowed to stand until her relatives were rescued according to promise.Read the comment
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- 1. Joshua 6:22 Josh 2:12-19 ↩
Commentaries on Joshua 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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