Joshua 6:17
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are
therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are
with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
a. NLT: Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an
offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house
will be spared, for she protected our spies.
b. NIV: The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD.
Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be
spared, because she hid the spies we sent.
c. YLT: and the city hath been devoted, it and all that is in it,
to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who are with
her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;
d. Amplified Bible Classic: And the city and all that is in it shall be
devoted to the Lord [for destruction]; only Rahab the harlot and all who are
with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
e. Septuagint: And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are
in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Raab the harlot, and all things in
her house.
f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: The city—it and all that’s in
it—shall be consecrated property for
HASHEM. Only Rahab the innkeeper shall live—she and all who are with her in the
house—because she hid the emissaries whom we sent.
1. “And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are
therein, to the LORD…”
a. the city [Strong: 5892 * `iyr eer or (in the plural) par {awr}; or
ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a
watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):--Ai (from
margin), city, court (from margin), town.]
b. shall be [Stromng: 1961 * hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933);
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere
copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,
committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow,
happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]
c. accursed [Strong: 2764 * cherem khay'-rem or (Zecheriah 14:11) cherem
{kheh'-rem}; from 2763; physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or
figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstr. extermination:--(ac-)curse(-d,
-d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed,
(appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.]
d. it [Strong: 1931 * huw' hoo of which the feminine (beyond the
Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular,
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also
(intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as
demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:--he,
as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these,
they, this, those, which (is), who.]
e. and all [Strong: 3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often
in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough,
every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought,
whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]
f. to the LORD [Strong: 3068 * Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw' from 1961; (the)
self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the
Lord.]
2. “…only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with
her in the house…”
a. only [Strong: 7535 * raq rak the same as 7534 as a noun; properly,
leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or
conjunctional, although:--but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least,
nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet
(so), in any wise.]
b. Rahab [Strong: 7343 * Rachab raw-khawb' the same as 7342; proud;
Rachab, a Canaanitess:--Rahab.]
c. the harlot [Strong: 2181 * zanah zaw-naw' a primitive root (highly-fed
and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less
often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively,
to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of
Jehovah):--(cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play
the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause
to) go a-whoring, whorish.]
d. shall live [Strong: 2421 * chayah khaw-yaw' a primitive root (Compare 2331,
2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to
revive:--keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let,
suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair,
restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.]
e. she [Strong: 1931 * huw' hoo of which the feminine (beyond the
Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular,
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also
(intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as
demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:--he,
as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these,
they, this, those, which (is), who.]
f. and all [Strong: 3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often
in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough,
every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought,
whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]
g. with [her] [Strong: 854 * 'eth ayth probably from 579; properly,
nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally,
with, by, at, among, etc.:--against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to),
(out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.]
h. in the house [Strong: 1004 * bayith bah'-yith probably from 1129
abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially
family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great
as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward),
palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]
3. “…because she hid the messengers that we sent.”
a. because [Strong: 3588 * kiy kee a primitive particle (the full form of
the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent
or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or
adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:--and, +
(forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, +
else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless,
now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till,
truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.]
b. she hid [Strong: 2244 * chaba' khaw-baw' a primitive root (Compare 2245);
to secrete:--X held, hide (self), do secretly.]
c. the messengers [Strong: 4397 * mal'ak mal-awk' from an unused root
meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an
angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):--ambassador, angel, king, messenger.]
d. that [Strong: 834 * 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of
every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a
conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike,
as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, +
how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, +
whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst,
+ whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often
accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]
e. we sent [Strong: 7971 * shalach shaw-lakh' a primitive root; to send
away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications):--X any wise, appoint,
bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up),
grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away,
forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out),
sow, spread, stretch forth (out).]
1). Recorded earlier in Joshua.
a). Joshua 2:1-21 And
Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go
view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house,
named Rahab, and lodged there.
2:2 And it was told
the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the
children of Israel to search out the country.
2:3 And the king of
Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee,
which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the
country.
2:4 And the woman
took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I
wist not whence they were:
2:5 And it came to
pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men
went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye
shall overtake them.
2:6 But she had
brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax,
which she had laid in order upon the roof.
2:7 And the men
pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which
pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
2:8 And before they
were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
2:9 And she said
unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your
terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint
because of you.
2:10 For we have
heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out
of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the
other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
2:11 And as soon as
we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any
more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in
heaven above, and in earth beneath.
2:12 Now therefore,
I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that
ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
2:13 And that ye
will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and
all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
2:14 And the men
answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it
shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and
truly with thee.
2:15 Then she let
them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall,
and she dwelt upon the wall.
2:16 And she said
unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may
ye go your way.
2:17 And the men
said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us
swear.
2:18 Behold, when we
come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window
which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy
mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
2:19 And it shall
be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his
blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be
with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon
him.
2:20 And if thou
utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast
made us to swear.
2:21 And she said,
According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed:
and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
2) New Testament references.
a). Hebrews 11:31 By
faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had
received the spies with peace.
b). James 2:25
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