Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Joshua 6:6
Of rams horns — Of the basest matter, and the dullest sound, that the excellency of the power might be of God.
Of rams horns — Of the basest matter, and the dullest sound, that the excellency of the power might be of God.
The command of the Lord as to the mode in which the fall of Jericho should be brought about is given in these verses in a condensed form. Further details (see Joshua 6:8, Joshua 6:16, etc.), were, no...
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
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 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._ JOSHUA ... CAL...
6:6 blast-trumpets (a-26) See Note, Leviticus 25:10 ....
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 יִּקְרָ֞א יְהֹושֻׁ֤עַ בִּן ־נוּן֙ אֶל ־הַ
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...
Every verse, and every circumstance contained in a verse, relating to the reduction and overthrow of Jericho, is important and worthy to be attended to, if we view the whole as undoubtedly it ought to...
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...
AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN CALLED THE PRIESTS,.... Not the Levites and Kohathites, whose business it was in common to bear the ark, but upon this occasion the priests; not all of them, but as many as w...
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. Ver. 6. _And Jo...
_Of rams' horns_ Of the basest matter and the dullest sound, that the excellence of the power might be of God. The original words, however, here and Joshua 6:4, שׁופרות יובלום, _shoperoth jobelim_, ma...
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...
THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...
And Joshua, the son of Nun, having received this command from the Lord, CALLED THE PRIESTS AND SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE UP THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, to carry it in the intended procession, AND LET SEVEN PR...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Joshua 6:6 Joshua H3091 son H1121 Nun H5126 called H7121 (H8799) priests H3548 said H559 (H8799) up...
‘ And Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests and said to them, “Take up the Ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark of YHWH.” YHWH had given hi...
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...
Acts 9:1; Deuteronomy 20:2; Exodus 25:14; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 3:6;...