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Verse Joshua 6:4. _SEVEN TRUMPETS OF RAMS' HORNS_] The Hebrew word
יובלים _yobelim_ does not signify _rams' horns_; (Leviticus
25:11); nor do any of the ancient versions, the Chaldee excepted, give
i...
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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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RAMS' HORNS. trumpets of Jubilee, of long sound. Exodus 19:13.
THE SEVENTH DAY. on the seventh day....
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_trumpets of rams" horns_ Rather, TRUMPETS OF SOUNDINGS, or, of
JUBILEE; "seuen trompes, vhose use is in the jubile." Not the long
straight trumpets generally used, but the same kind that were to be
e...
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_VER._ 4. _AND SEVEN PRIESTS SHALL BEAR BEFORE THE ARK SEVEN TRUMPETS
OF RAMS' HORNS_— Some have observed, that rams' horns cannot be
bored, and made so as to give any thing of a strong sound; and
the...
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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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6:4 blast-trumpets; (a-10) 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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RAMS' HORNS] rather, 'trumpets of jubilee' or 'loud trumpets.' It is
the same word _yobel_ used in Leviticus 25:9. SEVEN is a sacred number
among the Semites, and in the Bible signifies 'perfection.'...
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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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SEVEN TRUMPETS OF RAMS’ HORNS. — Literally, _trumpets of jubilee_
— i.e., of loud or joyful sound....
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וְ שִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֡ים יִשְׂאוּ֩
שִׁבְעָ֨ה שֹׁופְרֹ֤ות...
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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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And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of (e)
rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven
times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
(e) That the co...
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_Jubilee. (Numbers x. 2.) The number seven, is often used to express
an indefinite number. But here a particular stress is laid upon it.
See Masius. As, on the 7th year the Hebrews regained the posses...
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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 SEVEN PRIESTS SHALL BEAR BEFORE THE ARK SEVEN TRUMPETS OF RAMS'
HORNS,.... The ark was to be taken up and carried by priests round the
city. Ben Gersom observes, that this was to direct the Israel...
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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.
Ver. 4. Seven trump...
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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 seven priests shall bear before the ark, which was thus
conspicuous in the line of march, SEVEN TRUMPETS OF RAMS' HORNS, very
large instruments, with a deep-toned, terrifying sound, especially
whe...
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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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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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OF RAMS HORNS, or, _of the jubilees_, i.e. such trumpets wherewith
they were to sound in the years of jubilee, LEVITICUS 25:9. Either
this, or one of the other six, was certainly a sabbath day; and it...
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Joshua 6:4 seven H7651 priests H3548 bear H5375 (H8799) seven H7651
trumpets H7782 horns H3104 before H6440 ark...
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“ And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the Ark, and the seventh day you shall surround the city seven times,
and the priests will blow with the trumpets.”
Seven was the nu...
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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 6:4 THE ARK. The visible symbol of the
Lord’s presence emphasizes that the conquest of the land of Canaan
was the Lord’s doing. See also v. Joshua 6:8....
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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 Kings 18:43; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles
20:19;...