Joshua 6:19
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.
18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
20 So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
21 At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD’s treasury.”
- ASV
- But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, it [is] holy to YHWH. It shall enter into the treasury of YHWH.”
- ÅB
- Men alt sølv og gull og alle ting som er av kobber og jern, skal være helliget til Herren og komme i Herrens skattkammer.
- OTB
- Alt sølv og gull og artiklene av bronse og jern er hellige for Herren; de skal gå inn i Herrens skattkammer."
- B1930
- Men alt sølv og gull og alle ting som er av kobber og jern, skal være helliget til Herren og komme i Herrens skattkammer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 26:20
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Read in contextMatthew 27:6
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Read in contextMark 12:41
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Read in context2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Read in context1 Chronicles 18:11
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
Read in context1 Kings 7:51
So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
Read in contextNehemiah 10:38
A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:11
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
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