Jos 6:22-25 | JFB | STEP | 22, 23. Joshua had said . . . Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath —It is evident that the town walls were not demolished universally, at least all at once, for Rahab's house was allowed to stand until her relatives were rescued according to promise.

Joshua 6:22-25

22, 23. Joshua had said . . . Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath—It is evident that the town walls were not demolished universally, at least all at once, for Rahab's house was allowed to stand until her relatives were rescued according to promise.

23. they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel—a temporary exclusion, in order that they might be cleansed from the defilement of their native idolatries and gradually trained for admission into the society of God's people.

24. burned the city . . . and all . . . therein—except the silver, gold, and other metals, which, as they would not burn, were added to the treasury of the sanctuary.

25. she—Rahab

dwelleth in Israel unto this day—a proof that this book was written not long after the events related.

Jos 6:26, 27. THE REBUILDER OF JERICHO CURSED.