Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 6:25:
- Kupsabiny: “Joshua spared the prostitute Rahab and all her people, because Rahab had hidden the people that Joshua had sent to spy out the city of Jericho. (Her descendants live in Israel to this day.)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joshua, however, did not kill Rahab, the prostitute, her father’s household and all who were living with her, but spared them. For she had hidden the men who had been sent to spy out Jericho. Even till today she dwells among the Israelites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But Josue saved Rahab and her household because she hid the men whom Josue commanded to spy-out Jerico. Until now her descendants live/dwell in Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
