Joshua 6:23

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
men	הַנְּעָרִ֣ים ha.ne.'a.Rim	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
spies	הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗ים ham.ra.ge.Lim	H7270	to walk along · definite article + verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
in	וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
out	וַיֹּצִ֡יאוּ vai.yo.Tzi.'u	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Rahab	רָ֠חָב ra.cho	H7343	Rachab · proper noun, a woman's name
father	אָבִ֨יהָ 'a.Vi.ha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
mother	אִמָּ֤הּ 'i.Mah	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
brethren	אַחֶ֙יהָ֙ 'a.Chei.ha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
out	הוֹצִ֑יאוּ ho.Tzi.'u	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
kindred	מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ mish.pe.cho.Tei.ha	H4940	a family · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
left	יָנַח yânach	H3240	to deposit
without	מִח֖וּץ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
camp	לְמַחֲנֵ֥ה le.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he c…
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there…
Numbers 5:2-3 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the…
Numbers 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves…
Acts 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation;…
Acts 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
1 Corinthians 5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:17–end

The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Jos 6:16), "The Lord hath given you the city, enter and take possession." Accordingly in these verses we have, I. The rules they were to observe in taking possession. God gives it to them, and therefore may direct it to what uses and intents, and clog it with what provisos and limitations he thinks fit. It is given to them to be devoted to God, as the first and perhaps the worst of all the cities of Canaan. 1. The city must be burnt, and all the lives in it sacrificed without mercy to the justice of God. All this they knew was included in those words, Jos 6:1…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:23

they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel--a temporary exclusion, in order that they might be cleansed from the defilement of their native idolatries and gradually trained for admission into the society of God's people.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:23

Brought out Rahab, and her father, etc. - Rahab having been faithful to her vow of secrecy, the Israelites were bound by the oath of the spies, who acted as their representatives in this business, to preserve her and her family alive. And left them without the camp - They were considered as persons unclean, and consequently left without the camp; (see Lev 13:46; Num 12:14). When they had abjured heathenism, were purified, and the males had received circumcision, they were doubtless admitted into the camp, and became incorporated with Israel.

John Gill on Joshua 6:23

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab,.... Not only went into the city, but into Rahab's house, which they knew again by the scarlet thread hung out at the window of it. But here a difficulty occurs, how they could be said to go into her house, when it was built on the town wall, Joshua 2:15; and that was now fallen down flat. Abarbinel thinks that when the spies went round the city, they saw the scarlet thread in the window of her house, and set their eyes on the house, or wistly observed it; and marked it in such manner, that after the fall of the wall they went to the place of her house, and brought her out, though her house was broken down, and no wall standing…

Dictionary and topics

Jericho — Place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was crossed by the Israelites (Josh. 3:16). Its site was…
Harlot (Prostitute) · Rahab — Rahab

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 6:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:23

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:23

John Gill on Joshua 6:23

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 6:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:23

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:23

John Gill on Joshua 6:23

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 6:20–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 6:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 6:22-23

Rashi on Joshua 6:23