22-24 Joshua ordered the two men who had spied out the land, “Enter the house of the harlot and rescue the woman and everyone connected with her, just as you promised her.” So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, and brothers—everyone connected with her. They got the whole family out and gave them a place outside the camp of Israel. But they burned down the city and everything in it, except for the gold and silver and the bronze and iron vessels—all that they put in the treasury of God’s house.

25 But Joshua let Rahab the harlot live—Rahab and her father’s household and everyone connected to her. She is still alive and well in Israel because she hid the agents whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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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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