Joshua 6:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But you must destroy it and everything in it, to show that it now belongs to the LORD. The woman Rahab helped the spies we sent, so protect her and the others who are inside her house. But kill everyone else in the town.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the LORD is covered with blood from lambs and goats, together with fat from kidneys of rams. This is because the LORD will slaughter many people and make a sacrifice of them in the city of Bozrah and everywhere else in Edom.

Jeremiah 46:10

But the LORD All-Powerful will win this battle and take revenge on his enemies. His sword will eat them and drink their blood until it is full. They will be killed in the north near the River Euphrates, as a sacrifice to the LORD.

Ezekiel 39:17

Ezekiel, son of man, I am going to hold a feast on Israel's mountains and offer sacrifices there. So invite all the birds and wild animals to come from every direction and eat the meat of sacrifices and drink the blood. The birds and animals

Leviticus 27:21

When the Year of Celebration comes, the land becomes holy because it belongs to me, and it will be given to the priests.

Micah 4:13

Smash them to pieces, Zion! I'll let you be like a bull with iron horns and bronze hoofs. Crush those nations and bring their wealth to me, the LORD of the earth.

Matthew 25:40

The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”

1 Corinthians 16:22

I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn't love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon.

1 Corinthians 2:7

We speak of God's hidden and mysterious wisdom that God decided to use for our glory long before the world began.

Galatians 3:10

Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, “Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse.”

Galatians 3:12

The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands.

Deuteronomy 20:17

He has commanded you to completely wipe out the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Hebrews 11:31

Rahab had been a prostitute, but she had faith and welcomed the spies. So she wasn't killed with the people who disobeyed.

Hebrews 6:10

God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people.

James 2:25

For example, Rahab had been a prostitute. But she pleased God when she welcomed the spies and sent them home by another way.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua chose two men as spies and sent them from their camp at Acacia with these instructions: “Go across the river and find out as much as you can about the whole region, especially about the town of Jericho.” The two spies left the Israelite camp at Acacia and went to Jericho, where they decided to spend the night at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Joshua 2:22

The spies hid in the hills for three days while the king's soldiers looked for them along the roads. As soon as the soldiers gave up and returned to Jericho,

Joshua 7:1

The LORD had said that everything in Jericho belonged to him. But Achan from the Judah tribe took some of the things from Jericho for himself. And so the LORD was angry with the Israelites, because one of them had disobeyed him.

1 Samuel 15:3

“Go and attack the Amalekites! Destroy them and all their possessions. Don't have any pity. Kill their men, women, children, and even their babies. Slaughter their cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”

1 Samuel 15:6

Some Kenites lived nearby, and Saul told them, “Your people were kind to our nation when we left Egypt, and I don't want you to get killed when I wipe out the Amalekites. Leave here and stay away from them.” The Kenites left,