Joshua 6:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁵ However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she still lives in Israel  today.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ So Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, with her father's household and all that she had; and she lives in Israel even to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Joshua let Rahab the prostitute live, her family, and everyone related to her. So her family still lives among Israel today, because she hid the spies whom Joshua had sent to scout out Jericho.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Yet truly, Joshua caused Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all she had, to survive. And they lived in the midst of Israel, even to the present day. For she hid the messengers, whom he had sent to explore Jericho. At that time, Joshua made an invocation, saying:

Joshua 6:25 Cross References

Matthew 1:5

Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,

Acts 2:21

Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.   ,

Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

James 2:25

In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route?

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies  from the Acacia Grove,  saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab,  and stayed there.

Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them.  So she said, ‘Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

Joshua 2:6

But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them  among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.

Joshua 4:9

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle  of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.