And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho and the king thereof and the mighty men of valor. This was the divine plan and intention, assuring the immediate help of God, the overthrow of the city and its staunch and mighty defenders by a miracle.
Verse Joshua 6:2. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA_] This is the same person who in the preceding chapter is called the _captain_ or _prince of_ _the Lord's host_, the discourse being here continued tha...
6. THE FALL OF JERICHO CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The divine instruction (Joshua 6:1)_ 2. The instructions followed (Joshua 6:6) 3. The fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:20) 4. Rahab remembered ...
JOSHUA 5:13 TO JOSHUA 6:27. THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SAID. This is the continuation of the Captain's words, Joshua 5:15. See note on Joshua 3:7. SEE. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I HAVE GIVEN. It was Jehov...
_And the Lord said_ The interview between the Hebrew leader and "the Prince of Jehovah's host" is here resumed. _See, I have given_ Compare for a similar expression Joshua 11:6. As Israel had stood on...
_VER._ 2. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, SEE,_ &C.— The same person, who in the preceding chapter is called the _Captain of the host of the Lord,_ is here named _the_ LORD. There is no doubt, therefo...
_Instructions for Attacking Jericho Joshua 6:1-11_ Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have giv...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, SEE, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND JERICHO, AND THE KING THEREOF, AND THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR._ See, I have given into thine hand. The language intimates that a purpos...
THE CAPTURE OF JERICH This chapter describes the first and perhaps MOST decisive _action in_ the war. The impression it produced (Joshua 6:27) no doubt did much to decide the fortunes of subsequent ca...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 6 V1 The people in Jericho kept their gate...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ רְאֵה֙ נ
THE COMMANDER AND HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 When the heart is perfect with God we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that the vision of...
All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land. It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impres...
WHEN GOD BROUGHT DOWN THE WALLS Joshua 6:1-27 When Joshua met the captain of the host of the Lord in chapter 5, he asked him, "What does my Lord say to his servant?" He first told Joshua to take off...
_The Lord, in the person of the angel, who appeared to Josue, as he was praying in silent meditation, or reconnoitring the city of Jericho, chap. v. 13. (Haydock) --- Men. People of the different nati...
Reader! I beg of you to remark with me, that this is the same person spoken of in the preceding chapter, as captain of the Lord's host: for, certainly as there is no interruption in the history from w...
The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
_THE TAKING OF JERICHO_ ‘I have given into thine hand Jericho.’ Joshua 6:2 The city of Jericho lay over against the point where Jordan had been forded by the Israelites. It was a great city, as cit...
In chapter 6 we find the principles on which the conquests of Israel are founded. The work is altogether God's. He may indeed exercise His people in conflict, but it is He who does all. "They went up...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... The same divine Person called in the preceding chapter the Captain of the Lord's host, Joshua 5:14, now with him, and who gave him the following orders, instructions...
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour. Ver. 2. _And the Lord said._] The man Christ Jesus, Jos 5:13 that man o...
_Jericho was straitly shut up_ They had shut up all their gates, and kept a very strict guard at them, for fear of the children of Israel. _And the Lord said unto Joshua_ There is great reason to beli...
1 Iericho is shut vp. 2 God instructeth Ioshua how to besiege it. 12 The citie is compassed. 17 It must be accursed. 20 The walles fall downe. 22 Rahab is saued. 26 The builder of Iericho is cur...
JERICHO DESTROYED Joshua and Israel having been fully prepared by God, their conquest of Canaan begins. Jericho, with its thick walls, was securely shut up (v.1), prepared for a long siege; but certa...
1-5 Jericho resolves Israel shall not be its master. It shut itself up, being strongly fortified both by art and nature. Thus were they foolish, and their hearts hardened to their destruction; the mi...
Who are in it, resolved and ready to defend it with their utmost strength....
Joshua 6:2 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 See H7200 (H8798) given H5414 (H8804) Jericho...
‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valour.” ' The problem for Joshua was how the Israelites could breach the walls with the means...
CONTENTS: Conquest of Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests, Rahab, 2 spies. CONCLUSION: The victories of faith are often to be won by means, and upon principles utterly foolish and inadequate i...
Joshua 6:4. _Seven trumpets of rams' horns._ Josephus uses this term, “rams' horns:” but in most versions it is holy trumpets, or trumpets used in the Jubilee, as seems to be implied by the Hebrew wor...
_Now Jericho was straitly shut up._ SHUT UP An old writer says that every carnal heart is a Jericho shut up; God sits down before it and displays mercy and judgment: it hardens itself in a wilful sec...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 6:1 Taking the Land. Although the Promised Land is God’s gift to the Israelites (Joshua 6:2), now that they are in the land they must conquer it....
_THE SIEGE AND FALL OF JERICHO_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:1. This verse is merely a parenthesis in the account of the interview, beginning chap. Joshua 5:13, and ending chap. Joshua 6:5. The division...
EXPOSITION THE VICTORY.— JOSHUA 6:1 This verse (see above) is parenthetical. It explains why the captain of the Lord's host appeared unto Joshua. The inhabitants of Jericho, though in a state of the...
So in chapter six we begin the conquering of the land. The method by which they took Jericho was very fascinating indeed. The Lord said to Joshua, I have given to you the city of Jericho, and its king...
Daniel 2:21; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:35; Daniel 5:18;...