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Selected Verse: Joshua 6:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 6:22 |
Strong Concordance |
But Joshua [03091] had said [0559] unto the two [08147] men [0582] that had spied out [07270] the country [0776], Go [0935] into the harlot's [02181] house [01004], and bring out [03318] thence the woman [0802], and all that she hath, as ye sware [07650] unto her. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
RAHAB IS SAVED. (Jos 6:22-25)
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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Harlot's house - Which together with the wall upon which it leaned, was left standing, by a special favour of God to her. |
22 But Joshua [03091] had said [0559] unto the two [08147] men [0582] that had spied out [07270] the country [0776], Go [0935] into the harlot's [02181] house [01004], and bring out [03318] thence the woman [0802], and all that she hath, as ye sware [07650] unto her.
23 And the young men [05288] that were spies [07270] went in [0935], and brought out [03318] Rahab [07343], and her father [01], and her mother [0517], and her brethren [0251], and all that she had; and they brought out [03318] all her kindred [04940], and left [03240] them without [02351] the camp [04264] of Israel [03478].
24 And they burnt [08313] the city [05892] with fire [0784], and all that was therein: only the silver [03701], and the gold [02091], and the vessels [03627] of brass [05178] and of iron [01270], they put [05414] into the treasury [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
25 And Joshua [03091] saved [02421] Rahab [07343] the harlot [02181] alive [02421], and her father's [01] household [01004], and all that she had; and she dwelleth [03427] in [07130] Israel [03478] even unto this day [03117]; because she hid [02244] the messengers [04397], which Joshua [03091] sent [07971] to spy out [07270] Jericho [03405].