So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
Ver. 11. So the ark of the Lord compassed the city.] The inhabitants marvelling, doubtless, what they meant by their tracing and circuiting.
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
_and they came into the camp_ On the evening of the first day and the six succeeding days they returned to their encampment at Gilgal to spend the night....
Capture and Destruction of Jericho 6. _And Joshua_ In obedience to the commands thus received Joshua implicitly carries out the instructions given him and issues the needful orders to the host....
_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 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 SHO...
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...
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CHAPTER XII. THE FATE OF JERICHO. Joshua 6:8. THE instructions of Joshua to the priests and the people are promptly obeyed. In the bright rays of the morning sun, on the day when Jericho is to be su...
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...
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] (h) once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. (h) For that day....
_There. This singular procession served to exercise the obedience of the people, and to teach them to despise the enemy, who durst not come out to attack them, though many were unarmed. (Calmet)_...
I cannot help detaining the Reader to remark, what an odd appearance this must have made to the enemy on the walls of Jericho, who no doubt looked very anxiously on, from the moment they saw Israel ha...
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...
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...
SO THE ARK OF THE LORD COMPASSED THE CITY,.... Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi, "he, i.e. Joshua, caused the ar...
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...
So the ark of the Lord, the most conspicuous feature in the procession, COMPASSED THE CITY, GOING ABOUT IT ONCE; AND THEY CAME INTO THE CAMP AND LODGED IN THE CAMP, they spent the night there....
THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...
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...
6-16 Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage the followers of Christ in their spi...
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‘ So he caused the Ark of YHWH to go round the city, going about it once, and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.' Note that the stress here is on the Ark of YHWH It was the presence and...
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...
_Ye shall not shout._ ., until the day I bid you shout. JOSHUA TAKING JERICHO I. One of the essential attributes of a great leader--the power to repress the passions of a nation of warriors: “Ye sha...
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....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:8. Before the Lord] The Ark is now taken as the symbol of the Divine presence, just as the Pillar of Cloud had been formerly. JOSHUA 6:9. THE ARMED MEN WENT BEFORE] These ar...
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...