Joshua6
English Standard Version
1Now was inside and of the of . , and .
2And the Lord to , , I have into your , with its and of .
3You shall march the , all the of the . shall you for .
4 shall of the . On the you shall march the , and the shall the .
5And when they make a with the , when you the of the , then all the shall with a , and the of the will , and the shall , straight him.
6So the of the and to them, Take the of the and let of the of the Lord.
7And he to the , Go . March the and let the men pass the of the Lord.
8And just had the , the the of the Lord , the , with the of the of the Lord them.
9The were the who were the , and the was the , while the .
10But the , You shall or make your , shall any out of your , the I you to . Then you shall .
11So he the of the Lord to the , it . And they into the and in the .
12Then in the , and the the of the Lord.
13And the the of the of the Lord , and they the . And the were them, and the was the of the Lord, while the .
14And the they the , and into the . So they for .
15On the they , at the of , and the in the same . It was on that that they the .
16And at the , when the had the , to the , , for the Lord has you the .
17And the and is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for . the and are with her in her shall , because she the we .
18 you, yourselves from the things , when you have them you any of the and the of a and upon it.
19But all and , and every of and , are to the Lord; they shall into the of the Lord.
20So the , and the were . As soon as the the of the , the a , and the , so that the into the , every straight before him, and they the .
21Then they in the to , both and , and , , , and , with the of the .
22But to the who had spied the , , into the and bring from there the and belong to her, you to her.
23So the who had been and and her and and and belonged to her. And they her and them the of .
24And they the with , and in it. the and , and the of and of , they into the of the of the Lord.
25But the and her and belonged to her, . And she has to , because she the whom to spy .
26 laid an on them at that , , the Lord be the who rises and this , . At the cost of his shall he lay its , and at the cost of his son shall he its .
27So the Lord was with , and his was in all the .
Study Guide
Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Joshua 6.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: The siege of Jericho. (1–5). The city is compassed. (6–16). Jericho is taken, Rahab and her family are saved. (17–27).
vv1-5
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 miserable case of all that strengthen themselves against the Almighty. God resolves Israel shall be its master, and that quickly. No warlike preparations were to be made. By the uncommon method of besieging the city, the Lord honoured the ark, as the symbol of his presence, and showed that all the victories were from him. The faith and patience of the people were proved and increased.
vv6-16
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 spiritual warfare. As promised deliverances must be expected in God's way, so they must be expected in his time. At last the people were to shout: they did so, and the walls fell. This was a shout of faith; they believed the walls of Jericho would fall. It was a shout of prayer; they cry to Heaven for help, and help came.
vv17-27
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, and to whom, as sinners, they had forfeited them. Rahab perished not with them that believed not, Heb 11:31. All her kindred were saved with her; thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house, Ac 16:31. She, and they with her, were plucked as brands from the burning. With Rahab, or with the men of Jericho; our portion must be assigned, as we posses or disregard the sign of salvation; even faith in Christ, which worketh by love. Let us remember what depends upon our choice, and let us choose accordingly. God shows the weight of a Divine curse; where it rests there is no getting from under it; for it brings ruin without remedy.
Key Words
יְרִיחוֹ: Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
סָגַר: to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
פָּנִים: the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
בֵּן: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל: Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אַיִן: a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
יָצָא: to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
בּוֹא: to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָמַר: to say (used with great latitude)
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ: Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Cross References
Joshua 6Direct, historical fulfillment of Joshua's prophetic curse when Hiel rebuilt Jericho under Ahab's reign.
Supported by Matthew Poole, JFB
New Testament commentary highlighting that the walls of Jericho fell specifically by faith.
Supported by Matthew Henry, JFB
New Testament commendation of Rahab's faith saving her from perishing with the unbelievers.
Supported by Matthew Henry
The Hebrew 'horns of jubilee' connects the trumpets to the Year of Jubilee proclamation.
Supported by Matthew Poole, JFB
The law of the 'cherem' or devoted thing, meaning devoted entirely to destruction or God.
Supported by JFB
Direct consequence of Israel violating the command to keep away from the accursed thing.
Supported by Matthew Poole
The Mosaic command to utterly destroy the Canaanites as a divine judgment.
Supported by JFB
The oath the spies swore to Rahab, which Joshua commands them to fulfill.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Spiritual parallel of pulling down strongholds with weapons not of carnal warfare.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Rahab's incorporation into Israel, culminating in her placement in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Rahab justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Contextual link; the speaker is the Captain of the Lord's Host introduced in chapter 5.
Supported by JFB
The command to blow an alarm with trumpets to be remembered before the Lord.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Historical parallel of victory achieved through blowing trumpets, shouting, and minimal weapon use.
Supported by Matthew Henry