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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...
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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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WENT. marching.
REREWARD. the main or central body. Compare Numbers 10:25.
CAME. marched.
GOING. marching....
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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....
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_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...
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_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...
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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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_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...
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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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REREWARD] RV 'REARWARD'=REARGUARD. GOING ON, AND BLOWING] blowing
continually....
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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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וְ הֶ חָל֣וּץ הֹלֵ֔ךְ לִ פְנֵי֙ הַ
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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...
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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 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,...
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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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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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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REREWARD:
_ Heb._ gathering host...
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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...
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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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Joshua 6:9 armed H2502 (H8803) went H1980 (H8802) before H6440 priests
H3548 blew H8628 (H8802) ...
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‘ 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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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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Isaiah 52:11; Isaiah 58:8; Joshua 6:13; Numbers 10:25...
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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....