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21 And they utterly destroyed by the edge of the sword[a] all who were in the city, both men and women, young and old, ox, sheep, and donkey.

22 Then Joshua said to the two men who spied on the land, “Go to the prostitute’s house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, just as you swore to her.” 23 So the young men who were spies went and brought Rahab and her father and mother, her brothers, and all who were with her. And they brought all her family out and set them outside the camp of Israel.

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  1. Joshua 6:21 Literally “by the mouth of the sword”

21 They devoted(A) the city to the Lord and destroyed(B) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

22 Joshua said to the two men(C) who had spied out(D) the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.(E) 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.(F) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

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