约书亚记 6:17

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這城要完全毀滅，城和城中的一切都歸耶和華；只有妓女喇合，和所有與她在家中的都可以存活，因為她收藏了我們派去的使者。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
这 城 和 其 中 所 有 的 都 要 在 耶 和 华 面 前 毁 灭 ； 只 有 妓 女 喇 合 与 他 家 中 所 有 的 可 以 存 活 ， 因 为 他 隐 藏 了 我 们 所 打 发 的 使 者 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ The city and everything in it are to be destroyed as an offering to the Lord . Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone in her house should remain alive. They must not be killed, because Rahab hid the two spies we sent out. ¹⁸ Don't take any of the things that are to be destroyed as an offering to the Lord . If you take them and bring them into our camp, you yourselves will be destroyed, and you will bring trouble to all of Israel. ¹⁹ All the silver and gold and things made from bronze and iron belong to the Lord and must be saved for him." ²⁰ When the priests blew the trumpets, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpets and the people's shout, the walls fell, and everyone ran straight into the city. So the Israelites defeated that city. ²¹ They completely destroyed with the sword every living thing in the city—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys. ²² Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house. Bring her out and bring out those who are with her, because of the promise you made to her." ²³ So the two men went into the house and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all those with her. They put all of her family in a safe place outside the camp of Israel. ²⁴ Then Israel burned the whole city and everything in it, but they did not burn the things made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron. These were saved for the Lord . ²⁵ Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute, her family, and all who were with her, because Rahab had helped the men he had sent to spy out Jericho. Rahab still lives among the Israelites today. ²⁶ Then Joshua made this oath: "Anyone who tries to rebuild this city of Jericho will be cursed by the Lord . The one who lays the foundation of this city will lose his oldest son, and the one who sets up the gates will lose his youngest son."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

accursed: or, devoted, Joshua 7:1, Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:29, Numbers 21:2, Numbers 21:3, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Ezra 10:8, *marg. Isaiah 34:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel 39:17, Micah 4:13, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:12

only Rahab: Joshua 2:1

because: Joshua 6:22, Joshua 6:23, Joshua 2:4-6, Joshua 2:22, Genesis 12:3, 1 Samuel 15:6, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:40, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25

Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:21 - devoted Deuteronomy 7:2 - utterly Deuteronomy 7:26 - shalt Deuteronomy 13:15 - destroying it utterly Deuteronomy 20:16 - General Joshua 2:14 - when the Lord Joshua 7:11 - the accursed Joshua 10:40 - as the Lord 1 Samuel 14:24 - Cursed 1 Samuel 15:3 - utterly destroy 1 Samuel 22:19 - men 2 Kings 2:19 - the water Ezekiel 9:6 - old Romans 9:3 - were

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nose, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them."

Genesis 6:12
When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,

Genesis 6:13
he said to Noah, "Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.

Genesis 6:14
Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar.

Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and crawling thing will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 6:21
Also gather some of every kind of food and store it on the boat as food for you and the animals."

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the city shall be accursed,.... Or, be a "cherem", devoted to the Lord, as it follows:

[even] it and all that [are] therein, to the Lord; the city and the inhabitants of it should be devoted to destruction, and the riches and spoil of it dedicated to sacred uses, and not become the property of the Israelites; for as this was the first city in the had of Canaan that was conquered, it was fit the firstfruits of the conquest should be the Lord's, as an acknowledgment of his gift of the land unto them, and that the conquest of it was owing to him; though it might be some mortification to the Israelites, and a trial of their faith and obedience, that the first and so fine a city should not become their habitation, but be utterly destroyed, and not to be built more; and all the riches of it either consumed, or converted to other uses, and not their own. This Joshua thought fit to declare to the Israelites, before the taking of the city, that they might know what they had to do. The Jewish doctors generally suppose that Joshua ordered this of himself, of his own accord and will; but Kimchi is of opinion that the Lord gave him this order, which is most probable, yea, certain from Joshua 7:11;

only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house; she and her father's family, as she requested, and the spies promised; here the Targum calls her, as elsewhere, Rahab the innkeeper or victualler; and so in Joshua 6:22;

because she hid the messengers that we sent; and so preserved them from being taken by the messengers of the king of Jericho, who were sent in pursuit of them. These though sent only by Joshua, without the knowledge of the people, yet it being on their account, and their good, and by him as their head and governor, is ascribed to them also. This fact of Rahab's is observed by him as a reason for sparing her, and those that were with her, when all the rest would be put to the sword; and is mentioned as an instance of her faith, and of the evidence of it, Hebrews 11:31.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Accursed - Better as in margin, (“devoted” (Leviticus 27:28 note). In other cases the inhabitants only of the towns were slain; their cattle and property became the booty of the victors. But Jericho, as the first Canaanite city that was captured, was devoted by Israel as first-fruits to God, as a token that Israel received all the land from Him. Every living thing was put to death (Rahab and her household excepted) as a sacrifice to God, and the indestructible goods were Joshua 6:19 brought into the treasury of the sanctuary.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 6:17. The city shall be accursed — That is, it shall be devoted to destruction; ye shall take no spoils, and put all that resist to the sword. Though this may be the meaning of the word חרם cherem in some places, Leviticus 27:29, yet here it seems to imply the total destruction of all the inhabitants, see Joshua 6:21; but it is likely that peace was offered to this city, and that the extermination of the inhabitants was in consequence of the rejection of this offer.