1 Jericho is shut up 2-11 God instructs joshua how to beseige it 12-16 The city is composed 17-19 It is accursed 20,21 The walls fall down 22-25 Rahab is save 26,27 The builder of Jericho is cursed

was straitly [heb] did shut up, and was shut up Jos 2:7 2Ki 17:4

because Jos 2:9-14,24 Ps 127:1

2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

the Lord Jos 5:13-15

See, I have Jos 6:9-24 Da 2:21,44 4:17,35 5:18

the king De 7:24 Jud 11:24

3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

ye shall Jos 6:7,14 Nu 14:9 1Co 1:21-25 2Co 4:7

4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

trumpets of rams' The word shopheroth hyyovelim, should rather be rendered jubilee i.e., such as were used on the jubilee, which were probably made of horn or silver: for the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan was indeed a jubilee to them (See Note on Le 25:11): instead of the dreadful trumpet of war, they were ordered to sound the trumpet of joy, as already conquerors. Le 25:9 Nu 10:1-10 Jud 7:7,8,15-22 2Ch 13:12 20:17,19,21 Isa 27:12 Zec 4:6

seven times Ge 2:3 7:2,3 Le 4:6 14:16 25:8 Nu 23:1 1Ki 18:43 2Ki 5:10 Job 42:8 Zec 4:2 Re 1:4,20 5:1,6 8:2,6 10:3 15:1,7 16:1

5 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 shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

make a long Jos 6:16,20 Ex 19:19 2Ch 20:21,22

the people Jud 7:20-22 1Sa 4:5 17:20,52 2Ch 13:14,15 Jer 50:15

and the wall The words wenaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, are literally, `and the wall of the city shall fall down {under itself};' which appears simply to mean, that the wall shall fall down from its very foundation; which was probably the case in every part, though large breaches in different places might have been amply sufficient first to admit the armed men, after whom the host might enter to destroy the city. There is no ground for the supposition that the walls sunk into the earth. Isa 25:12 30:25 2Co 10:4,5 Heb 11:30

flat [heb] under it

6 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.

Take up the ark. Jos 6:8,13 3:3,6 Ex 25:14 De 20:2-4 Ac 9:1

7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

that is armed Jos 6:3 1:14 4:13

8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

before the Lord Jos 6:3,4 Nu 32:20

9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

and the rereward [heb] gathering
host Jos 6:13 Nu 10:25 Isa 52:11 58:8

10 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 shout.

any noise with your voice [heb] your voice to be heard Isa 42:2 Mt 12:19

until the day 2Sa 5:23,24 Isa 28:16 Lu 24:49 Ac 1:7

11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

none

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

went on 1Ch 15:26 Mt 24:13 Ga 6:9

13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

went on 1Ch 15:26 Mt 24:13 Ga 6:9

14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

Jos 6:3,11,15

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

about the dawning Ps 119:147 Mt 28:1 2Pe 1:19

only on that day Jos 6:4

16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

shout Jos 6:5 Jud 7:20-22 2Ch 13:15 20:22,23

17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

accursed. or, devoted Jos 7:1 Le 27:28,29 Nu 21:2,3 1Co 2:7 Ezr 10:8 Isa 34:6 Jer 46:10 Eze 39:17 Mic 4:13 1Co 16:22 Ga 3:10,12

only Rahab Jos 2:1

because Jos 6:22,23 2:4-6,22 Ge 12:3 1Sa 15:6 Mt 10:41,42 25:40 Heb 6:10 11:31 Jas 2:25

18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

in any wise Ro 12:9 2Co 6:17 Eph 5:11 Jas 1:27 1Jo 5:21

lest ye make Jos 7:11,12,15 De 7:26 13:17

make the camp Jos 7:1-26, 11:1-12:24 22:18-20 1Sa 14:28-42 Ec 9:18 Jon 1:12

and trouble it Jos 7:25 2Sa 21:1 1Ki 18:17,18

19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

all the silver 2Sa 8:11 1Ch 18:11 26:20,26,28 28:12 2Ch 15:18 31:12 Isa 23:17,18 Mic 4:13

consecrated [heb] holiness Le 19:24 Zec 14:20,21

the treasury 1Ki 7:51 14:26 2Ki 24:13 1Ch 26:20 Ne 7:70,71 10:38 Jer 38:11 Mt 27:6 Mr 12:41

20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

the wall Jos 6:5 2Co 10:4,5 Heb 11:30

flat [heb] under it

21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

And they The Canaanites were ripe for destruction; and God was pleased, in- stead of destroying them by a pestilence, a famine, or an earthquake, to employ the Israelites as the executioners of his vengeance. Had an angel been commissioned to slay them, who would have charged him with iniquity or cruelty? In all public calamities infants are involved; and tens of thousands of infants die in great agony every year. Now, either God is not the agent in these calamities, (which opinion, though often implied in men's reasonings on these subjects, is not far from atheism;) or they must consist with the most perfect justice and goodness.

utterly Jos 9:24,25 10:28,39 11:14 De 2:34 7:2,3,16 20:16,17 1Sa 15:3,8,18 15:19 1Ki 20:42 Ps 137:8,9 Jer 48:18 Re 18:21

22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

Joshua Jos 6:17 2:1

as ye sware unto her Jos 2:12-14,17-20 9:15,18-20 2Sa 21:2,7 Ps 15:4 Eze 17:13,16,18,19 Heb 11:31

23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

out Rahab Jos 2:18 Ge 12:2 18:24 19:29 Ac 27:24 Heb 11:7

kindred [heb] families
left them Nu 5:2,3 31:19 Ac 10:28 1Co 5:12 Eph 2:12

24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

burnt Jos 8:28 De 13:16 2Ki 25:9 Re 17:16 18:8

only the silver Jos 6:19

25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Rahab Jos 11:19,20 Jud 1:24,25 Ac 2:21 Heb 11:31

she dwelleth Mt 1:5

unto Jos 4:9

because Jas 2:25

26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

adjured This is to be regarded as a prediction, that he who rebuilt the city should lose all his children in the interim between the laying of the foundation to the completion of the walls. Nu 5:19-21 1Sa 14:24 1Ki 22:16 Mt 26:63 Ac 19:13

Cursed 1Ki 16:34 Mal 1:4

27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

the Lord Jos 1:5,9 Ge 39:2,3,21 De 31:6 Mt 18:20 28:20 Ac 18:9,10 2Co 13:14 2Ti 4:17,22

his fame Jos 9:1,3,9 1Sa 2:30 2Sa 7:9 Mt 4:24 14:1