The only city that made peace with the people of Israel was Gibeon, where some of the Hivites lived. All the others were conquered in battle.

The LORD had made them determined to fight the Israelites, so that they would be condemned to total destruction and all be killed without mercy. This was what the LORD had commanded Moses.

who saw a man leaving and said to him, "Show us how to get into the city, and we won't hurt you."

So he showed them, and the people of Ephraim and Manasseh killed everyone in the city, except this man and his family.

And then, whoever calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.'

It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.

(SEE 1:2)

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, where the priests carrying the Covenant Box had stood. (Those stones are still there.)

It was the same with the prostitute Rahab. She was put right with God through her actions, by welcoming the Israelite spies and helping them to escape by a different road.