Joshua 6:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

Her brethren - i:e., her relatives or kinsfolk of both sexes (cf. Joshua 11:13) residing under her roof.

All her kindred, х kaal (H3605) mishpªchowteyhaa (H4940)] - all her father's house, (see the note at Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:2; Numbers 1:20, etc.)

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.

Joshua 6:23

23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred,h and left them without the camp of Israel.