Joshua 6:21 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 6:21

At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

BSB

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ASV

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

KJV

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city,.... All the inhabitants of it, by the direction of Joshua, and according to the order of the Lord, Deu 7:1; being guilty of capital crimes, which deserved death, as idolatry, incest, &c. both men and women, young and old; neither sex nor age were spared: and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword; in which creatures chiefly lay the substance of the eastern people; see Job 1:3.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙	vai.ya.cha.Ri.mu	and they totally destroyed	H2763 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
בָּעִ֔יר	ba.'Ir	[was] in the city	H5892 →
מֵאִישׁ֙	me.'Ish	from man	H376 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
אִשָּׁ֔ה	'i.Shah	woman	H802 →
מִנַּ֖עַר	mi.Na.'ar	from young man	H5288 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
זָקֵ֑ן	za.Ken	old [man]	H2205 →
וְעַ֨ד	ve.'Ad	and unto	H5704 →
שׁ֥וֹר	Shor	ox[en]	H7794 →
וָשֶׂ֛ה	va.Seh	and sheep	H7716 →
וַחֲמ֖וֹר	va.cha.Mor	and donkey[s]	H2543 →
לְפִי־	le.fi-	to [the] mouth of	H6310 →
חָֽרֶב׃	Cha.rev	[the] sword	H2719 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:63–64
  When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
- Ezekiel 26:21
  I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Revelation 5:2
  And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
Through
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and…
leads to
- Numbers 24:20
  Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
- Deuteronomy 20:16–18
  However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Isaiah 14:21–22
  Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
Through
Jeremiah 48:18
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
leads to
- Numbers 21:30
  But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Isaiah 47:1
  “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.