Joshua 6:23 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 6:23

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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, Jos 2:15; and that was now fallen down flat.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were best able to do it who knew her and her house, and they were fittest to do it, that it might appear it was for the sake of her kindness to them that she was thus distinguished and had her life given her for a prey. All her kindred were saved with her; like Noah she believed to the saving of her house; and thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house, Acts xvi.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The part of the wall adjoining Rahab’s house had not fallen along with the rest. Rahab and “all that she had,” i. e., the persons belonging to her household, were brought out and “left without the camp of Israel.” These words literally “made to rest outside the camp of Israel” - indicate that being still in their paganism, they were separated from the camp of the Lord. This was only for a time. They desired, and eventually obtained, admission to the covenant of the chosen people of God Jos 6:25.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
הַנְּעָרִ֣ים	ha.ne.'a.Rim	the young men	H5288 →
הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗ים	ham.ra.ge.Lim	who had spied out	H7270 →
וַיֹּצִ֡יאוּ	vai.yo.Tzi.'u	and they brought out	H3318 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רָ֠חָב	ra.cho	Rahab	H7343 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אָבִ֨יהָ	'a.Vi.ha	father her	H1 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אִמָּ֤הּ	'i.Mah	mother her	H517 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אַחֶ֙יהָ֙	'a.Chei.ha	brothers her	H251 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[one] who	H834 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	[belonged] to <the> her
וְאֵ֥ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ	mish.pe.cho.Tei.ha	famili<es> her	H4940 →
הוֹצִ֑יאוּ	ho.Tzi.'u	they brought out	H3318 →
וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם	vai.Ya.ni.Chum	and they put them	H5117 →
מִח֖וּץ	mi.Chutz	from [the] outside	H2351 →
לְמַחֲנֵ֥ה	le.ma.cha.Neh	of [the] camp of	H4264 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
leads to
- Galatians 4:8
  Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- Colossians 1:21
  Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- 1 Peter 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Through
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…
leads to
- Genesis 6:13
  Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- 1 Peter 3:20
  who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- Ezekiel 14:14
  then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
Through
Acts 27:24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
leads to
- Acts 23:11
  The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”