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Joshua 6

Joshua 6:24

The Walls of Jericho · Joshua 6:1–27
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Translations

Modern
Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
Traditional
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
Literal
And the city they burned with the fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of the bronze and the iron, they put into the treasury of the house of YHWH.
Latin
Urbem autem, et omnia quæ erant in ea, succenderunt, absque auro et argento, et vasis æneis, ac ferro, quæ in ærarium Domini consecrarunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

Notes

Joshua 6:24

The fire melted and purified the silver, gold, bronze, and iron. These metals had probably been used for the figures of pagan gods. As these images melted, the metals were purified and made fit for dedication to God.

Joshua 6:24–27

The people of Jericho had already been put to death by the Israelites (6:21). Joshua then destroyed the city and everything in it. As the firstfruits of the battle, all the spoils belonged to God.

Events

Glossary

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

Topics

Church: House of the Lord Copper Brass: Taken in War: Generally Consecrated to God Hospitality: Rewarded: Rahab's Iron: First Recorded Use of Vessels Iron: Taken in War, often Dedicated to God Rahab: (A Woman of Jericho) is Spared when the Israelites Captured Jericho Tabernacle: Called The: House of the Lord Tabernacle: The One Instituted by Moses Was Called: House of the Lord Thankfulness: The Spies, to Rahab Treasure-Houses: Tabernacle Used For War of Extermination