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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Joshua 6:3

Verse Joshua 6:3. Ye shall compass the city] In what order the people marched round the city does not exactly appear from the text. Some think they observed the same order as in their ordinary marches in the desert; (Numbers 10:14, and see the plans, Numbers 2:2); others think that the soldiers marched first, then the priests who blew the trumpets, then those who carried the ark, and lastly the people.

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See also Joshua 6:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye shall compass the city_ The scene to be witnessed from the walls of Jericho, was calculated in the most striking manner to appeal to the consciences of all who should see it: (_a_) First in solem...

  • 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 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...

  • 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

    YE SHALL COMPASS] The injunction was calculated to produce derision among the enemy, and so would be a discipline of humiliation for the Israelites. It would also put the Canaanites off their guard an...

  • 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 סַבֹּתֶ֣ם אֶת ־הָ עִ֗יר כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י

  • 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 ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city (d) once. Thus shalt thou do six days. (d) Every day one....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Men. These went first. Afterwards the priests bore the ark, which was followed by all the people. (Calmet) --- The procession began on a Sunday. (Rabbins)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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 Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._And you shall compass the city, _etc The promise was, indeed, fit and sufficient of itself to give hope of victory, but the method of acting was so strange, as almost to destroy its credibility. Go...

  • 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 YE SHALL COMPASS THE CITY, ALL [YE] MEN OF WAR,.... Joshua their chief commander under the Lord, and all that were able to make war, even all above twenty years of age; these were to compass the c...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. Ver. 3. _And ye shall compass the city._] At a just distance, no doubt, that ye ma...

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

    _Round about the city once_ At a convenient distance, out of the reach of their arrows. _Six days_ Every day once. This and the following course might seem ridiculous and absurd, and is therefore pres...

  • 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 ye shall compass the city, surround it completely, ALL YE MEN OF WAR, AND GO ROUND ABOUT THE CITY ONCE, march completely around it. THUS SHALL THOU DO SIX DAYS, on each of six successive days, whi...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GO ROUND ABOUT THE CITY ONCE, at convenient distance, out of the reach of their arrows; THUS SHALT THOU DO SIX DAYS, every day once. This and the following course might seem ridiculous and absurd, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 6:3 around H5437 (H8804) city H5892 men H582 war H4421 around H5362 (H8687) city H5892 once...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ And you shall surround the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.” Each day for six days the men of war were to surround the city. It would not take lon...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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

    1 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Joshua 6:14; Joshua 6:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Round about the city once — At a convenient distance, out of the reach of their arrows. Six days — Every day once. This and the following course might seem ridiculous and absurd, and is therefore pres...

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