여호수아 6:8-27 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:17

And the city shall be accursed ,.... Or, be a "cherem", devoted to the Lord, as it follows: even it and all that are therein, to the Lord ; the city and the inhabitants of it should be devoted to destruction, and the riches and spoil of it dedicated to sacred uses, and not become the property of the Israelites; for as this was the first city in the had of Canaan that was conquered, it was fit the firstfruits of the conquest should be the Lord's, as an acknowledgment of his gift of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:18

And you in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing ,.... From laying hold on, secreting, and enjoying as their own, what was devoted to another use: lest ye make yourselves accursed ; or a "cherem", also devoted to destruction: when ye take of the accursed thing ; any part of it, be it what it will, gold or any other metal, or raiment, and the like: and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it ; for being done secretly, and not known who did it, the whole body... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:19

But all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron , are consecrated to the Lord ,.... Or rather, "for all the silver", &c.; as the particle here used sometimes signifies, and is so rendered F4 וכל "nam totum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. : each of these metals, and whatsoever were made of them, were set apart for the Lord, and dedicated to sacred uses, and might not be converted to any other, unless what were upon their idols, which were to be burnt with... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:20

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets ,.... As Joshua had charged them, Joshua 6:16 , and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet , and the people shouted with a great shout ; that is, gave a loud shout, on hearing the long blast of the trumpets blown by the priests the seventh time, as they were no doubt directed by Joshua, agreeably to the order given to him; see Joshua 6:5 , that the wall fell down flat ; the wall of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:21

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city ,.... All the inhabitants of it, by the direction of Joshua, and according to the order of the Lord, Deuteronomy 7:1 ; being guilty of capital crimes, which deserved death, as idolatry, incest, &c.; both men and women, young and old ; neither sex nor age were spared: and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword ; in which creatures chiefly lay the substance of the eastern people; see Job 1:3 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:22

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country ,.... Whom he had sent on that errand, Joshua 2:1 ; and what follows he had said unto them before the people entered into the city, and perhaps before the walls of it fell; and indeed from Joshua 6:16 , it appears to have been said at the time he gave the people orders to shout: go into the harlot's house : he does not mention her name but they full well knew who he meant: and bring out thence the woman, and all... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:23

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab ,.... Not only went into the city, but into Rahab's house, which they knew again by the scarlet thread hung out at the window of it. But here a difficulty occurs, how they could be said to go into her house, when it was built on the town wall, Joshua 2:15 ; and that was now fallen down flat. Abarbinel thinks that when the spies went round the city, they saw the scarlet thread in the window of her house, and set their eyes on... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein ,.... As Babylon the great, of which this city was an emblem, as has been observed; see Gill on Joshua 6:20 ; will be burnt with fire also, Revelation 18:8 , only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord ; See Gill on Joshua 6:19 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:25

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive ,.... From perishing by the sword, as the rest of the inhabitants did. Kimchi says, some interpret it of his giving her food, and an inheritance by which she might live; and Josephus F6 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 7. intimates the same: he says, he gave her fields, and had her in great honour and esteem; and it is the notion of some Jewish writers, that he took her to wife, and that this is meant by saving her alive; which sense Kimchi disapproves... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:26

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: saying, cursed be the man before the Lord ; let him be cursed by him with the curses written in the book of the law; and let him be driven from him, from his presence, as Cain was: that riseth up, and buildeth this city Jericho ; that rises up in future time, and rebuilds it; for it cannot... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:26

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