Joshua 6:22 Cross References

Joshua 6:22

22: Then Joshua said to the two spies, "Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute's house and bring her out, along with all her family."

It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute did not die with all the others in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

The city and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.

For the king of Israel broke his treaty after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.
"So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and despising the solemn oath he made in my name.

No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he despised and broke.

Those who despise persistent sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the LORD and keep their promises even when it hurts.

He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and made him take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel's most influential leaders,

David spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who was Saul's grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the LORD.

Then Joshua went ahead and signed a peace treaty with them, and the leaders of Israel ratified their agreement with a binding oath.

Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia. He instructed them, "Spy out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho." So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.
But someone told the king of Jericho, "Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."
So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: "Bring out the men who have come into your house. They are spies sent here to discover the best way to attack us."
Rahab, who had hidden the two men, replied, "The men were here earlier, but I didn't know where they were from.
They left the city at dusk, as the city gates were about to close, and I don't know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them."

But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for their leaders had made a vow to the LORD, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.
But the leaders replied, "We have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. We cannot touch them.
We must let them live, for God would be angry with us if we broke our oath.

So King David summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal, had tried to wipe them out.

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