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Joshua 6:17

Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 6:17 BSB
  1. a Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verses 18 and 21.

Joshua 6:17 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 20:17 (5 votes) and Micah 4:13 (4 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 12 to James 2.

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Which verses does Joshua 6:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Deuteronomy 20:175 votes

    For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

  2. Micah 4:134 votes

    Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

  3. James 2:254 votes

    In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

  4. Genesis 12:33 votes

    I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

  5. Matthew 25:403 votes

    And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

  6. 1 Corinthians 2:73 votes

    No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

  7. Galatians 3:103 votes

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

  8. Galatians 3:123 votes

    The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

  9. Hebrews 6:103 votes

    For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

  10. Hebrews 11:313 votes

    By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

  11. Leviticus 27:28–292 votes
  12. Numbers 21:2–32 votes
  13. Joshua 2:12 votes

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

  14. Joshua 2:4–62 votes
  15. Joshua 2:222 votes
  16. Joshua 6:22–232 votes

    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.” So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

  17. Joshua 7:12 votes

    The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

  18. 1 Samuel 15:62 votes
  19. Ezra 10:82 votes
  20. Isaiah 34:62 votes

Which verses point to Joshua 6:17?

The 10 strongest of 31.