Joshua 6:23

Translations

Modern

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Traditional

And 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.

Literal

And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that was unto her. And all her relatives they brought out and placed them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

Latin

Ingressique juvenes eduxerunt Rahab, et parentes ejus, fratres quoque, et cunctam supellectilem ac cognationem illius, et extra castra Israël manere fecerunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Notes

Joshua 6:22–23

The 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua Rahab Holy War Intermarriage and Divorce

Events

War with Canaanites

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People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Rahab: A Canaanite woman who helped the Israelite spies in Jericho

Glossary

Achan, Achar Conquest and Allotment of the Land Coppersmith Gilgal Ironsmith Jericho Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judah, Tribe of Judges, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Harlot (Prostitute): Rahab Hospitality: Rewarded: Rahab's Rahab: (A Woman of Jericho) is Spared when the Israelites Captured Jericho Thankfulness: The Spies, to Rahab

Joshua 6:23

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