Joshua 6:25

God's Word

Joshua spared the prostitute Rahab, her father’s family, and everything she had. She still lives in Israel today because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to look at Jericho.

Cross References

Matthew 1:5

Salmon and Rahab were the father and mother of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth were the father and mother of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse,

Acts 2:21

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Hebrews 11:31

Faith led the prostitute Rahab to welcome the spies as friends. She was not killed with those who refused to obey God.

James 2:25

The same is true of the prostitute Rahab who welcomed the spies and sent them away on another road. She received God’s approval because of what she did.

Joshua 2:1

From Shittim Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two men as spies. He told them, “Go, look at that country, especially the city of Jericho.” So they went to Jericho and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab to spend the night there.

Joshua 2:18

When we invade your land, tie this red cord in the window through which you let us down. Also, gather your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had already taken the two men inside and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:6

(She had taken them up to the roof and covered them with the flax which she had laid up there.)

Joshua 4:9

Joshua also set 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan River, where the priests who carried the ark of the promise had stood. The stones are still there today.