They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house.
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They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house.
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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Joshua 6:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 8:28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
- 2 Kings 25:9 He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
- Revelation 17:16 The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
- Deuteronomy 13:16 You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, with all of its plunder, to Yahweh your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
- Revelation 18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
- Joshua 6:19 But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh’s treasury.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the Tabernacle.
Meaning, the Tabernacle.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire,…
Jos 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Ver. 24. And they burnt the city.] In obedience to God, though they had need enough to have done otherwise. But men must silence their reason and exalt their faith.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they burnt the city with fire, and all…
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein,.... As Babylon the great, of which this city was an emblem, as has been observed; see Gill on Jos 6:20; will be burnt with fire also, Rev 18:8,
only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord; See Gill on Jos 6:19.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. Only the silver, and the gold -…
Verse 24. Only the silver, and the gold - they put into the treasury, c.] The people were to have no share of the spoils, because they had no hand in the conquest. God alone overthrew the city and into his treasury only the spoils were brought. This is one proof that the agitation of the air, by the sound of the people's voice, was not the cause of the fall of the city walls.
Vessels of brass and of iron. - Instead of כלי keley, VESSELS, the Septuagint, in the Alexandrian copy, evidently have read כל col, ALL, with the omission of the י yod; for in Jos 6:19 they translate πας χαλκος και σιδηρος, ALL the brass and iron: but this reading does not appear in any of Kennicott's or De Rossi's MSS.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain burned the city . . . and all .…
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.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:24-27 Jericho’s citizens had already been executed (6:21). Now…
6:24-27 Jericho’s citizens had already been executed (6:21). Now Joshua destroyed the town and its contents. The firstfruits of the spoils of war, as with all else, belonged to God.
6:24 The fire melted and purified the silver, gold, bronze, and iron. These metals had probably been used for the figures of pagan gods. As these images melted, the metals were purified and made fit for dedication to God.
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