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CHAPTER VI
_The inhabitants of Jericho close their gates_, 1.
_Continuation of the discourse between the captain of the Lord's_
_host and Joshua. He commands the people to march round the city_
_s...
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This verse is strictly parenthetical. It is inserted to explain the
declaration commenced Joshua 5:14, and interrupted by Joshua’s
question and obeisance Joshua 5:14, but resumed in Joshua 6:2....
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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 ...
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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
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WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP. Hebrew "was shutting up and was shut up". Figure
of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6) for emphasis, thus beautifully
rendered. See note on Genesis 26:28.
CHILDREN. sons....
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_VER._ 1. _NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP_— While every necessary
preparation was making in the camp of Joshua for the attack of
Jericho, the king of that city, on his part, took all possible
precau...
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_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...
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_NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL:
NONE WENT OUT, AND NONE CAME IN._
Now Jericho was straitly shut up, х_ WI-YªRIYCHOW_ (H3405) _
COGERET_ (H5462) _ UWMCUGERET_ (H54...
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 6
V1 The people in Jericho kept their gate...
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VI.
(1) NOW JERICHO... — This verse should be read parenthetically, and
Joshua 6:2 should be taken as the orders given to Joshua by the
captain of the Lord’s host....
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וִֽ ירִיחֹו֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּ מְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת
מִ פְּנֵ
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CHAPTER XI.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST.
Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1.
THE process of circumcision is over, and the men are well; the feast
of unleavened bread has come to an end; all honour has...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Now Jericho was straitly (a) (b) shut up (c) because of the children
of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
(a) That none could go out.
(b) That none could go in.
(c) for fear of the Israelite...
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CONTENTS
This chapter is the continuation of the former. He which appeared to
Joshua in the close of the foregoing chapter, begins in this to give
directions, as captain of the Lord's host, how Joshu...
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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...
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1._Now Jericho was straitly shut up, _etc Jericho is said to be shut
up, because the gates were not opened: as in time of war cities are
guarded with more than usual care. It is added, by way of empha...
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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...
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NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP, BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL,.... Or "it shut up", or "was shutting, and was shut up" u;
that is, the king and the inhabitants shut it up within; the Targum
says...
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Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
Ver. 1. _Now Jericho was strictly shut up._] _Claudens, et clausa
erat:_ but there is no power or...
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_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...
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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...
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THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...
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Now Jericho was straitly shut up, not only strongly fortified, but
also guarded with all strictness, BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;
NONE WENT" OUT AND NONE CAME IN. This remark is inserted by the...
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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...
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WAS STRAIGHTLY SHUT UP:
_ Heb._ did shut up, and was shut up...
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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...
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JOSHUA CHAPTER 6 Jericho is shut up by the Israelites, JOSHUA 6:1. The
people and seven priests with the ark go round it six days, JOSHUA
6:2. On the seventh day they go round seven times; the priests...
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Joshua 6:1 Jericho H3405 securely H5462 (H8802) up H5462 (H8794)
because H6440 children H1121 Israel H3478 out...
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CHAPTER 6. THE TAKING OF JERICHO WITH THE HELP OF YHWH.
In this chapter Joshua is assured that, although Jericho is closely
shut up, and there was no obvious way in which Israel could enter it,
it wou...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 17:4; Joshua 2:24; Joshua 2:7; Joshua 2:9; Psalms 127:1...
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FF— Hasn’t archaeology shown that the account of the conquest of
Jericho is inaccurate?
PROBLEM: Joshua 6 records the conquest and destruction of the city of
Jericho. If this account is accurate, it...