Joshua 6:25

New American Bible - revised edition

Because Rahab the prostitute had hidden the messengers whom Joshua had sent to reconnoiter Jericho, Joshua let her live, along with her father’s house and all her family, who dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

Cross References

Matthew 1:5

Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse,

Acts 2:21

and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls on the name of the Lord.’

Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace.

James 2:25

And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, reconnoiter the land and Jericho.” When the two reached Jericho, they went into the house of a prostitute named Rahab, where they lodged.

Joshua 2:18

when we come into the land, you tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you are letting us down. Gather your father and mother, your brothers, and all your family into your house.

Joshua 2:4

The woman had taken the two men and hidden them, so she said, “True, the men you speak of came to me, but I did not know where they came from.

Joshua 2:6

Now, she had led them to the roof, and hidden them among her stalks of flax spread out there.

Joshua 4:9

Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the Jordan riverbed on the spot where the priests stood who were carrying the ark of the covenant. They are there to this day.