Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 6:17
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Joshua6:17
17 And the City shall be † accursed , even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she, and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent:
i. e. Devoted to utter Destruction, Levit. 27. 21, 29. Deut. 12. This he spake by instinct or direction from God, as is evident from 1 King. 16. 34.
Partly because the first-fruits were appropriated to God; partly lest the soldiers being glutted with the Spoil of this rich City, should grow [illegible: 1+ letters]ensual and sluggish in their work; and partly to strike the greater terror into the rest of their Enemies.
Marginal references: ‡ Or, [illegible: 1 word]; Chap. 2. [illegible: 1+ letters]
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