Joshua 6 · Verse 24

Joshua 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.
Joshua 6:24, King James Version

Joshua 6:24 in other translations

BSBThen the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
WEBThey 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 the LORD’s house.
ASVAnd 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 Jehovah.
YLTAnd the city they have burnt with fire, and all that is in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah;
DARBYAnd they burned the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of copper and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.
BBEThen, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.
WebsterAnd they burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it: 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.

What does Joshua 6:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Only the silver, and the gold - they put into the treasury, etc. - 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.

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 6:24 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.

וְהָעִ֛ירve.ha.'Irand the cityH5892
שָׂרְפ֥וּsa.re.Futhey burnedH8313
בָאֵ֖שׁva.'Eshwith <the> fireH784
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
בָּ֑הּBah[was] in <the> it
רַ֣ק\׀rakonlyH7535
הַכֶּ֣סֶףha.Ke.sefthe silverH3701
וְהַזָּהָ֗בve.ha.za.Havand the goldH2091
וּכְלֵ֤יu.khe.Leiand [the] articles ofH3627
הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ha.ne.Cho.shet<the> bronzeH5178
וְהַבַּרְזֶ֔לve.ha.bar.Zeland <the> ironH1270
נָתְנ֖וּna.te.Nuthey putH5414
אוֹצַ֥ר'o.Tzar[the] treasury ofH214
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Joshua 6:24

  • Joshua 8:28

    And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • 2 Kings 25:9

    And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.

  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Deuteronomy 13:16

    And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
burnt.
8:28; De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9; Re 17:16; 18:8
only the silver.
19

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

Context

  • Joshua 6:23

    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, and left them without the camp of Israel.

  • Joshua 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.

  • Joshua 6:25

    And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Joshua 6:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y consumieron con fuego la ciudad, y todo lo que en ella había: solamente pusieron en el tesoro de la casa de Jehová la plata, y el oro, y los vasos de metal y de hierro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils brûlèrent par le feu la ville et tout ce qui y était; seulement l’argent et l’or, et les vases d’airain et de fer, ils les mirent dans le trésor de la maison de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Stadt und alles, was darin war, verbrannten sie mit Feuer; nur das Silber und das Gold und die ehernen und die eisernen Geräte legten sie in den Schatz des Hauses Jehovas. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Urbem autem, et omnia quæ erant in ea, succenderunt, absque auro et argento, et vasis æneis, ac ferro, quæ in ærarium Domini consecrarunt.