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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Joshua 6:9

The rereward being opposed to the armed men, may seem to note the unarmed people, who were desirous to be spectators of this wonderful work. The priests; which is rightly supplied here from Joshua 6:4.

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See also Joshua 6:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 6:9. _THE REREWARD CAME AFTER THE ARK_] The word מאסף _measseph_, from אסף _asaph_, to _collect_ or _gather up_, may signify either the _rereward_, as our translation understands it, or...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WENT. marching. REREWARD. the main or central body. Compare Numbers 10:25. CAME. marched. GOING. marching....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the rereward_ The remaining warriors were to act as a rearguard. During the march through the wilderness this duty devolved on the tribe of Dan (see Numbers 10:25). "Rereward" means the "rearguard" o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Capture and Destruction of Jericho 6. _And Joshua_ In obedience to the commands thus received Joshua implicitly carries out the instructions given him and issues the needful orders to the host....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 7-9. _AND HE SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, PASS ON_— We apprehend, that it was not only the soldiers who formed this procession, but that all the people joined in it; that the armed men went before the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 priest...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REREWARD] RV 'REARWARD'=REARGUARD. GOING ON, AND BLOWING] blowing continually....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 6 V1 The people in Jericho kept their gate...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הֶ חָל֣וּץ הֹלֵ֔ךְ לִ פְנֵי֙ הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XII. THE FATE OF JERICHO. Joshua 6:8. THE instructions of Joshua to the priests and the people are promptly obeyed. In the bright rays of the morning sun, on the day when Jericho is to be su...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the (g) rereward came after the ark, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets. (g) Meaning, the gathering host,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Though the armed men went before, yet their services would not be required. The victory God our Saviour had graciously reserved to himself. Silence throughout the camp intimated as much, similar to wh...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE ARMED MEN WENT BEFORE THE PRIESTS THAT BLEW WITH THE TRUMPETS,.... Whom Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, interpret of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; that is, as many of them as...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 9. _And the rereward came after...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let him that is armed pass on_ God would have them armed, both for the defence of themselves and the ark, in case the enemies should make a sally upon them, and for the execution of the Lord's vengea...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the armed men, that is, the first division of the army, WENT BEFORE THE PRIESTS THAT BLEW WITH THE TRUMPETS, AND THE REARWARD, the last division of the army forming the rear-guard, CAME AFTER THE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    REREWARD: _ Heb._ gathering host...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-16 Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage the followers of Christ in their spi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 6:9 armed H2502 (H8803) went H1980 (H8802) before H6440 priests H3548 blew H8628 (H8802) ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the Ark, blowing with the trumpets as they went.' YHWH's instructions were followed obediently. The arme...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ye shall not shout._ ., until the day I bid you shout. JOSHUA TAKING JERICHO I. One of the essential attributes of a great leader--the power to repress the passions of a nation of warriors: “Ye sha...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:8. Before the Lord] The Ark is now taken as the symbol of the Divine presence, just as the Pillar of Cloud had been formerly. JOSHUA 6:9. THE ARMED MEN WENT BEFORE] These ar...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 52:11; Isaiah 58:8; Joshua 6:13; Numbers 10:25...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The rereward — Which being opposed to the armed men, may seem to note the unarmed people, who were desirous to be spectators of this wonderful work....

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