_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_ (H5462)]. And Jericho had shut its gates, and was fast shut up; where the Qal seems to refer to the clos... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, SEE, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND JERICHO, AND THE KING THEREOF, AND THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR._ See, I have given into thine hand. The language intimates that a purpose already formed was about to be carried into immediate execution; and that, although the king and i... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 compass the city. Directions are here given as to the mode of procedure. YE SHALL COMPASS THE CITY. Directions are here given as to the mode of procedure.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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' horns, х_ SHOWPªROWT_ (H7782) _ HAYOWBªLIYM_ (H3104)] - trumpets of alarms (see also Joshua 6:6) [s... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ When they make a... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ... CALLED THE PRIESTS. The pious leader, whatever military preparations he had made, surrendered all his o... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ And he said unto the people. This is according to the Qeri' or margin. But the text has х_ WAY'OMªRUW _ (H559)], and they said - i:e., the Shoterim (see the note at Joshua 1:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Bearing the seven trumpets ... passed on before the Lord -bef... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ARMED MEN WENT BEFORE THE PRIESTS THAT BLEW WITH THE TRUMPETS, AND THE REREWARD CAME AFTER THE ARK, THE PRIESTS GOING ON, AND BLOWING WITH THE TRUMPETS._ The armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark. This disposition was conformed t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THE PRIESTS TOOK UP THE ARK OF THE LORD._ Joshua rose early in the morning. The second day's procession seems to have taken place in the morning. In all other respects, down even to the small details, the arrangements of the first day continued to be the r... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 REREWARD CAME AFTER THE ARK OF THE LORD, THE PRIESTS GOING ON, AND BLOWING WITH THE TRUMPETS._ No JFB commentary on these... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT THEY ROSE EARLY ABOUT THE DAWNING OF THE DAY, AND COMPASSED_ _ 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 S... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ It came to pass at the seventh time. This delay, as was evidently the intention of the repeated circuits, brought out their faith and obedien... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ The city shall be accursed - (see the note at Leviticus 27:28.) The cherem or auathema was a d... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 keep yourselves from the accursed thing. Generally they were left at liberty to take the spoil of oth... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 CIT... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 has said ... Go into the harlot's house. It is evident that the town walls were not demolished universally, at least... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Her brethren - i:e., her relatives or kinsfolk of both sexes (cf. Joshua 11:13)... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the city ... and all ... therein - except the silver, gold, and other metals, which, as they would not burn,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, [Septuagint, _ RAAB_ (G4460)]. ... DWELLETH IN ISRAEL UNTO THIS DAY - a proof no... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Joshua adjured them at that time - i:e., imposed upon his... [ Continue Reading ]