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Verse Joshua 6:5. _THE WALL OF THE CITY SHALL FALL DOWN FLAT_]
Several commentators, both Jews and Christians, have supposed that the
ground under the foundation of the walls opened, and the wall sun...
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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...
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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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FLAT. under it. Probably into the ground. Compare Joshua
11:13.Jeremiah 49:2. See note on Joshua 6:20.
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_ App-14....
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_every man straight before him_ Over the prostrate walls the
Israelites were to advance into Jericho, and "each one straight
forward," so that, as far as possible, their order should be
preserved. Com...
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_VER._ 5. _THE WALL OF THE CITY SHALL FALL DOWN FLAT_— The Hebrew
literally is, _shall fall under itself._ The LXX render it, _the walls
shall fall down of themselves;_ and Onkelos has it, _the wall s...
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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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_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 SHA...
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6:5 blast-horn, (a-15) See Note, Leviticus 25:10 ....
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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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וְ הָיָ֞ה בִּ מְשֹׁ֣ךְ ׀ בְּ קֶ֣רֶן הַ
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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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_Tune, with certain modulations, continued for a long time, Numbers x.
5. (Haydock) --- Ground. The Rabbins say they sink in, so that the
ruins might not impede the march of the army. Some think only...
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This plan of omnipotence so astonishing as it appears to human reason,
was evidently intended for the glory of God, and the exercise of the
faith of Israel. But as the ark, in this instance as in the...
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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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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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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT WHEN THEY MAKE A LONG [BLAST] WITH THE
RAM'S HORN,.... Continue blowing, and protracting, and drawing out the
sound a long time; which they did only on the seventh day;...
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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...
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_The wall_ Not all of it; which was unnecessary, and might have given
the people better opportunity of escaping; but only a considerable
part of it, where the Israelites might fitly enter: for Rahab's...
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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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and it shall come to pass that, when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn, in a long-sustained, single note, AND WHEN YE HEAR THE
SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SHOUT WITH A GREAT SH...
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THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...
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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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FLAT:
_ Heb._ under it...
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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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WHEN THEY MAKE A LONG BLAST, as is usual in the close of musical
sounds. THE WALL OF THE CITY; not all of it, which was not only
unnecessary, but inconvenient, and might have given the people better
o...
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“ And it shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's
horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall
shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall do...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS
The central truth here is that spiritual victories are won by means
and upon principles utterly foolish and inadequate in the view of
human wisdom. (1 Corinthians 1:17); (2...
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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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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 6:5 AND THE WALL OF THE CITY WILL FALL DOWN
FLAT. Archaeologists have explored the site of Jericho for many years.
Many aspects of their findings seemed to fit the biblical descr...
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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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1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 17:52; 1 Samuel 4:5; 2 Chronicles 13:14;...
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The wall — Not all of it; which was unnecessary, and might have
given the people better opportunity of escaping, but only a
considerable part of it, where the Israelites might fitly enter: for
Rahab's...