Joshua 6 · Verse 19

Joshua 6:19

But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
Joshua 6:19, King James Version

Joshua 6:19 in other translations

BSBFor all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
WEBBut all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD’s treasury.”
ASVBut all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
YLTand all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they are to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'
DARBYAnd all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
BBEBut all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.
WebsterBut all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

What does Joshua 6:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:17-19

17-19. And the city shall be accursed--(See on Le 27:28). The cherem, or "anathema," was a devotion to utter destruction (De 7:2; 20:17; 1Sa 15:3). When such a ban was pronounced against a hostile city, the men and animals were killed--no booty was allowed to be taken. The idols and all the precious ornaments on them were to be burned (De 7:25; compare 1Ch 14:12). Everything was either to be destroyed or consecrated…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 But all the silver, and gold - shall come into the treasury - The Brahmins will receive from any caste, however degraded, gold, silver, etc.: but to receive from Shoodras food, garments, etc., would be considered a great degradation. - Ward.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 6:17-27

Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice of God, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He appoints, from whom, as creatures, they received their lives, and to whom, as sinners, they had forfeited them. Rahab perished not with them that believed not, He 11:31. All her kindred were saved with her; thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house, Ac 16:31. She, and they with…

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Joshua 6:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכֹ֣ל\׀ve.Kholand allH3605
כֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefsilverH3701
וְזָהָ֗בve.za.Havand goldH2091
וּכְלֵ֤יu.khe.Leiand articles ofH3627
נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178
וּבַרְזֶ֔לu.var.Zeland ironH1270
קֹ֥דֶשׁKo.desh[is] a holy thingH6944
ה֖וּאhu'itH1931
לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אוֹצַ֥ר'o.Tzar[the] treasury ofH214
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יָבֽוֹא\׃ya.Vo'it will goH935

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 6:19

  • 1 Chronicles 26:20

    And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

  • Matthew 27:6

    And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

  • Mark 12:41

    And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

  • 2 Kings 24:13

    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:11

    Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

  • 1 Kings 7:51

    So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

  • Nehemiah 10:38

    And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

  • 2 Samuel 8:11

    Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

  • Nehemiah 7:70-71

    And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:12

    And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

  • 1 Kings 14:26

    And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:12

    And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all the silver.
2Sa 8:11; 1Ch 18:11; 26:20,26,28; 28:12; 2Ch 15:18; 31:12
Isa 23:17,18; Mic 4:13
consecrated. Heb. holiness.
Le 19:24; *marg:
Zec 14:20,21
the treasury.
1Ki 7:51; 14:26; 2Ki 24:13; 1Ch 26:20; Ne 7:70,71; 10:38; Jer 38:11
Mt 27:6; Mr 12:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 6:18

    And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

  • Joshua 6:19

    But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

  • Joshua 6:20

    So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

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Joshua 6:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas toda la plata, y el oro, y vasos de metal y de hierro, sea consagrado á Jehová, y venga al tesoro de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tout l’argent, et l’or, et les vases d’airain et de fer, seront saints, consacrés à l’ Éternel: ils entreront dans le trésor de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und alles Silber und Gold, samt den ehernen und eisernen Geräten, soll Jehova heilig sein: in den Schatz Jehovas soll es kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quidquid autem auri et argenti fuerit, et vasorum æneorum ac ferri, Domino consecretur, repositum in thesauris ejus.