Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• 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.