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Joshua 6

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Introduction

1  Jericho is shut up.
2  God instructs Joshua how to beseige it.
12  The city is compassed.
17  It must be accursed.
20  The walls fall down.
22  Rahab is saved.
26  The builder of Jericho is cursed.
Verse 1

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
was straitly
Heb. did shut up, and was shut up.
2:7, 2 Kings 17:4
because
2:9-14,24, Psalms 127:1
Verse 2

And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
the Lord
5:13-15
See, I have
9-24, 2:9,24, 8:1, 11:6-8, Judges 11:21, 2 Samuel 5:19, Nehemiah 9:24, Daniel 2:21,44, Daniel 4:17,35, 5:18
the king
Deuteronomy 7:24, Judges 11:24
Verse 3

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
ye shall
7,14, Numbers 14:9, 1 Corinthians 1:21-25, 2 Corinthians 4:7
Verse 4

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
trumpets of rams'
The words shopheroth hyyovelim, should rather be rendered jubilee, trumpets, i.e., such as were used on the jubilee, which were probably made of horn or silver: for the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan was indeed a jubilee to them (See Note on Le 25:11): instead of the dreadful trumpet of war, they were ordered to sound the trumpet of joy, as already conquerors.
Leviticus 25:9, Numbers 10:1-10, Judges 7:7,8,15-22, 2 Chronicles 13:12, 20:17,19,21, Isaiah 27:13, Zechariah 4:6
seven times
Genesis 2:3, 7:2,3, Leviticus 4:6, 14:16, 25:8, Numbers 23:1, 1 Kings 18:43, 2 Kings 5:10, Job 42:8, Zechariah 4:2, Revelation 1:4,20, 5:1,6, 8:2,6, 10:3, 15:1,7, 16:1
Verse 5

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
make a long
16,20, Exodus 19:19, 2 Chronicles 20:21,22
the people
Judges 7:20-22, 1 Samuel 4:5, 17:20,52, 2 Chronicles 13:14,15, Jeremiah 50:15
and the wall
The words wenaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, are literally, "and the wall of the city shall fall down under itself;" which appears simply to mean, that the wall shall fall down from its very foundation; which was probably the case in every part, though large breaches in different places might have been amply sufficient first to admit the armed men, after whom the host might enter to destroy the city. There is no ground for the supposition that the walls sunk into the earth.
Isaiah 25:12, 30:25, 2 Corinthians 10:4,5, Hebrews 11:30
flat
Heb. under it.
Verse 6

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Take up the ark
8,13, 3:3,6, Exodus 25:14, Deuteronomy 20:2-4, Acts 9:1
Verse 7

And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
that is armed
3, 1:14, 4:13
Verse 8

And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
before the Lord
3,4, Numbers 32:20
Verse 9

And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
and the rereward
Heb. gathering. host.
13, Numbers 10:25, Isaiah 52:11, 58:8
Verse 10

And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
any noise with your voice
Heb. your voice to be heard.
Isaiah 42:2, Matthew 12:19
until the day
2 Samuel 5:23,24, Isaiah 28:16, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:7
Verse 12

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Joshua rose
3:1, Genesis 22:3
the priests
6-8, Deuteronomy 31:25, John 2:5-8, 6:10,11, 9:6,7, Hebrews 11:7,8
Verse 13

And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
went on
1 Chronicles 15:26, Matthew 24:13, Galatians 6:9
Verse 14

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
3,11,15
Verse 15

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
about the dawning
Psalms 119:147, Matthew 28:1, 2 Peter 1:19
only on that day
Verse 16

And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
Shout
5, Judges 7:20-22, 2 Chronicles 13:15, 20:22,23
Verse 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.
accursed
or, devoted.
7:1, Leviticus 27:28,29, Numbers 21:2,3, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Ezra 10:8; *marg:; Isaiah 34:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel 39:17, Micah 4:13, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Galatians 3:10,12
only Rahab
2:1
because
22,23, 2:4-6,22, Genesis 12:3, 1 Samuel 15:6, Matthew 10:41,42, 25:40, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25
Verse 18

And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
in any wise
Romans 12:9, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 5:11, James 1:27, 1 John 5:21
lest ye make
7:1,11,12,15, Deuteronomy 7:26, 13:17
make the camp
7:11,12, 22:18-20, 1 Samuel 14:28-42, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Jonah 1:12
and trouble it
7:25, 2 Samuel 21:1, 1 Kings 18:17,18
Verse 19

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.
all the silver
2 Samuel 8:11, 1 Chronicles 18:11, 26:20,26,28, 28:12, 2 Chronicles 15:18, 31:12, Isaiah 23:17,18, Micah 4:13
consecrated
Heb. holiness.
Leviticus 19:24; *marg:; Zechariah 14:20,21
the treasury
1 Kings 7:51, 14:26, 2 Kings 24:13, 1 Chronicles 26:20, Nehemiah 7:70,71, 10:38, Jeremiah 38:11, Matthew 27:6, Mark 12:41
Verse 20

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
the wall
5, 2 Corinthians 10:4,5, Hebrews 11:30
flat
Heb. under it.
Verse 21

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
And they
The Canaanites were ripe for destruction; and God was pleased, instead of destroying them by a pestilence, a famine, or an earthquake, to employ the Israelites as the executioners of his vengeance. Had an angel been commissioned to slay them, who would have charged him with iniquity or cruelty? In all public calamities infants are involved; and tens of thousands of infants die in great agony every year. Now, either God is not the agent in these calamities, (which opinion, though often implied in men's reasonings on these subjects, is not far from atheism;) or they must consist with the most perfect justice and goodness.
utterly
9:24,25, 10:28,39, 11:14, Deuteronomy 2:34, 7:2,3,16, 20:16,17, 1 Samuel 15:3,8,18,19, 1 Kings 20:42, Psalms 137:8,9, Jeremiah 48:18, Revelation 18:21
Verse 22

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
Joshua
17, 2:1-24
as ye sware unto her
2:12-14,17-20, 9:15,18-20, 2 Samuel 21:2,7, Psalms 15:4, Ezekiel 17:13,16,18, Ezekiel 17:19, Hebrews 11:31
Verse 23

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
out Rahab
2:18, Genesis 12:2, 18:24, 19:29, Acts 27:24, Hebrews 11:7
kindred
Heb. families. left them.
Numbers 5:2,3, 31:19, Acts 10:28, 1 Corinthians 5:12, Ephesians 2:12
Verse 24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
burnt
8:28, Deuteronomy 13:16, 2 Kings 25:9, Revelation 17:16, 18:8
only the silver
Verse 25

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Rahab
11:19,20, Judges 1:24,25, Acts 2:21, Hebrews 11:31
she dwelleth
Matthew 1:5
unto
4:9
because
James 2:25
Verse 26

And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
adjured
This is to be regarded as a prediction, that he who rebuilded this city should lose all his children in the interim between the laying of the foundation to the completion of the walls.
Numbers 5:19-21, 1 Samuel 14:24-46, 1 Kings 22:16, Matthew 26:63, Acts 19:13
Cursed
1 Kings 16:34, Malachi 1:4
Verse 27

So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
the Lord
1:5,9, Genesis 39:2,3,21, Deuteronomy 31:6, Matthew 18:20, 28:20, Acts 18:9,10, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 2 Timothy 4:17,22
his fame
9:1,3,9, 1 Samuel 2:30, 2 Samuel 7:9, Matthew 4:24, 14:1

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