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Verse Joshua 6:26. _AND JOSHUA ADJURED_ THEM _AT THAT TIME_] It
appears that he had received intimations from God that this idolatrous
city should continue a monument of the Divine displeasure: and ha...
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ADJURED - i. e. put an oath upon them; or, perhaps, actually caused
them themselves to take an oath (compare Matthew 26:63). The words of
the oath have in the original a rhythmical character which wou...
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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 (Joshua 6:22)
5. The...
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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 Joshua 6:2 should immediately follo...
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MAN. Hebrew. _ish_ App-14.
BUILDETH THIS CITY i.e. its walla and gates (Joshua 6:26), for Joshua
himself gave it to the Benjamltes, Joshua 18:12. Compare 2 Samuel
10:5. See note on Joshua 6:20.
HE S...
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The Curse upon Jericho
26. _adjured them_ i.e. "put an oath upon them."
_Cursed be the man_ A city, which was _cherem_or "devoted," could not
be rebuilt, Deuteronomy 13:15-17. Joshua therefore prono...
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_VER._ 26. _AND JOSHUA ADJURED THEM AT THAT TIME, SAYING,_ &C.— As
soon as the city of Jericho was razed and destroyed, Joshua convened
the chiefs and elders of the tribes, to signify to them the divi...
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_The Sparing of Rahab Joshua 6:22-27_
22 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 s...
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_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 YOUNGE...
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6:26 In (a-23) in (a-32) Or 'on.' *Meaning, 'in the death of.' see 1
Kings 16:34 ....
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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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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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CURSED BE THE MAN... THAT... BUILDETH THIS CITY JERICHO. — As the
marginal reference indicates, the curse of Joshua was not incurred
until Hiel the Bethelite built the city, in the reign of Ahab. But...
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וַ יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ בָּ † עֵ֥ת
הַ הִ֖יא לֵ אמֹ֑ר אָר֨וּר הָ אִ֜ישׁ לִ
פְנ
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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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SPARED WHEN OTHERS PERISHED
Joshua 6:22
It is not the amount of truth that we know which saves us, but the
grasp with which we hold it. All that Rahab knew was very slight and
partial, but she held...
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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 impre...
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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 Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: (q) he
shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his...
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Cursed, &c. Jericho, in the mystical sense, signifies iniquity; the
sounding of the trumpets by the priests, signifies the preaching of
the word of God; by which the walls of Jericho are thrown down,...
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Evidently Joshua acted in this adjuration, under the immediate
influence of the Spirit of the Lord. The event proves it, for in after
ages, when Hial, the Bethelite, built Jericho, what Joshua had
pre...
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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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26._And Joshua adjured them, _etc This adjuration, then, was not
merely to have effect for one day, but to warn posterity through all
ages that that city had been taken only by divine power. He wished...
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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 JOSHUA ADJURED [THEM] AT THAT TIME,.... When the city was burnt
and spoiled; not that he adjured the people individually, or one by
one, which was not very practicable, but in a general way:
SAYI...
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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 you...
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Jos. 6:26 and 1 Kings 16:34. "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...
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_Joshua adjured them at that time_ Hebrew, ישׁבע, _jashbang, he
made them to swear._ As soon as the city was destroyed, it seems, he
convened the heads of the tribes, to signify to them that it was th...
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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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RAHAB SAVED AT THE OVERTHROW 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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17-27 Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice
of God, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He
appoints, from whom, as creatures, they received their lives,...
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ADJURED THEM; or, made them to swear; caused the people, or some in
the name of all, to swear for the present and succeeding generations,
and to confirm their oath by a curse. BEFORE THE LORD, i.e. fr...
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Joshua 6:26 Joshua H3091 charged H7650 (H8686) time H6256 saying H559
(H8800) Cursed H779 (H8803) man H376 before H6440 LORD H3068 up H6965
(H8799) builds H1129 (H8804) city H5892 Jericho H3405 founda...
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‘ And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying,
“Cursed be the man before YHWH who rises up, and builds this city
Jericho. He will lay the foundation of it with the loss of his
firstborn,...
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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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_The wall fell down flat._
THE FIGHT OF FAITH
Of uninspired poems, perhaps the most widely read are those which
celebrate a siege--the siege of Troy. Homer and Virgil have sung in
noble numbers the p...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 6:26 Jericho’s ruins are to serve as a
warning to Israel. Any attempt to rebuild the city, therefore, will
defy the Lord’s rule. For the fulfillment of Joshua’s curse, see 1
King...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 6:26. Cursed be the man … that buildeth this city Jericho. It
is exceedingly difficult to accept the generally received view, and to
believe that this curse relates _merely_ t...
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EXPOSITION
RAHAB'S DELIVERANCE. THE CURSE ON JERICHO.—
JOSHUA 6:22
HAD SAID. Here we have an instance of the use of the perfect as a
pluperfect. We can hardly suppose, as Keil observes, that Joshua...
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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 16:34; 1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 14:24; Acts 19:13; Malachi 1:4;
Matthew 26:63; Numbers 5:19...
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Adjured them — Or, made them to fear; caused the people, or some in
the name of all, to swear for the present and succeeding generations,
and to confirm their oath by a curse. Before the Lord — That i...