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23 The spies entered and brought out Rahab, with her father, mother, brothers, and all her family; her entire family they led forth and placed outside the camp of Israel. 24 The city itself they burned with all that was in it;(A) but the silver, gold, and articles of bronze and iron they placed in the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 [a]Because Rahab the prostitute had hidden the messengers whom Joshua had sent to reconnoiter Jericho, Joshua let her live, along with her father’s house and all her family, who dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:25 The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew (1:2–16) presents Rahab the prostitute as the wife of Salmon (1:5) and so the ancestor of David (Ru 4:18–22) and of Jesus.

23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.(A) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

24 Then they burned the whole city(B) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(C) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.(D) 25 But Joshua spared(E) Rahab the prostitute,(F) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho(G)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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