Joshua 6:21 (YLT)

Passage

and they devote all that <FI>is<Fi> in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.

Nearby Context

Joshua 6:19 and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'

Joshua 6:20 And the people shout, and blow with the trumpets, and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout--a great shout, and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city, each over-against him, and they capture the city;

Joshua 6:21 and they devote all that <FI>is<Fi> in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.

Joshua 6:22 And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, `Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.'

Joshua 6:23 And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "devote", "city", "even", "woman", "young", and "aged". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "devote", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And the people shout and blow with..." into verse 22's "And to the two men who are...", so "sheep" and "devote" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "devote" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.