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Joshua 6:1-21
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:1-5Joshua 6:1-5 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryJericho 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…The Siege of Jericho. (b. c. 1451.)Joshua 6:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE SIEGE OF JERICHO. (B. C. 1451.) We have here a contest between God and the men of Jericho, and their different resolutions, upon which it is easy to say whose word shall prevail. I. Jericho resolves Israel shall not…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:1Joshua 6:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThis 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 utmost alarm, were nevertheless fully on their guard aga…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:1-21Joshua 6:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryWe come now to the command that was laid on Joshua. And hero we may observe three points. I. SUCCESS WAS CERTAIN IF GOD'S COMMANDS WERE OBEYED. God does not say, "I will give," but, "I have given" Jericho into thine han…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 6:1-5Jericho 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Siege of Jericho. (b. c. 1451.)THE SIEGE OF JERICHO. (B. C. 1451.) We have here a contest between God and the men of Jericho, and their different resolutions, upon which it is easy to say whose word shall prevail. I. Jericho resolves Israel shall not…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:1This 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 utmost alarm, were nevertheless fully on their guard aga…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:1-21We come now to the command that was laid on Joshua. And hero we may observe three points. I. SUCCESS WAS CERTAIN IF GOD'S COMMANDS WERE OBEYED. God does not say, "I will give," but, "I have given" Jericho into thine han…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:2And the Lord said. This is no new source of information for Joshua. Jehovah is here obviously identical, as commentators are generally agreed, with the "Captain of the Lord's host" in the last chapter (comp. Genesis 18:…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:4And seven priests shall bear before the ark. The Vulgate puts "on the seventh day" in connection with this part of the sentence; Luther also translates thus. The LXX; which Calvin and our translators and the majority of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 6:5When they make a long blast with the ram's horn. Literally, as they draw out with the horn of jubilee, i.e; blow a prolonged blast (of. Exodus 19:13). Here the word used is horn of jubilee, but not necessarily of ram's…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 6:6-16Wherever 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 promis…Matthew Henry