Joshua 6:25
Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.
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- Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.
- Matt 1:5 : 5 Salmon the father of Boaz(by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed(by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse,
- Acts 2:21 : 21 And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- Jas 2:25 : 25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
- Josh 2:6 : 6 (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)
- Josh 4:9 : 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
- Josh 11:19-20 : 19 No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them, 20 for the LORD determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.
- Judg 1:24-25 : 24 the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.” 25 He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
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- Josh 6:15-173 verses88%
15On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before– only this time they marched around it seven times.
16The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army,“Give the battle cry, for the LORD is handing the city over to you!
17The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
- Josh 6:21-244 verses86%
21They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
22Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”
23So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.
24But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- Josh 2:1-44 verses82%
1Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
2The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”
3So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:“Turn over the men who came to you– the ones who came to your house– for they have come to spy on the whole land!”
4But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
- Heb 11:30-312 verses79%
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.
31By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.
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25And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
- Josh 6:26-272 verses73%
26At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration:“The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the LORD. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!”
27The LORD was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land.
- Josh 2:14-163 verses70%
14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
16She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”
- Josh 6:1-33 verses69%
1Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.
2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
3Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.
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6(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)
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30The LORD handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.
- Josh 9:26-272 verses67%
26Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them
27and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
- Josh 8:26-272 verses66%
26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
27But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.
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13But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.
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15Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
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20Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.
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24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
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24Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.
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16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
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35Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.
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27At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.(They remain to this very day.)
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23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
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8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
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9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
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38But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived.
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31Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the LORD had done for Israel.