Joshua 6:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:4

And 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 commentators follow, regard this part of the sentence as stating what was to be done on the six days, and rightly so, as Joshua 6:8-14 clearly show. That the historian, as has been before remarked, did not always give the full instructions Joshua received is evident from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 6:3-6

The command of the Lord as to the mode in which the fall of Jericho should be brought about is given in these verses in a condensed form. Further details (see Joshua 6:8-10, Joshua 6:16-17, etc.), were, no doubt, among the commands given to Joshua by the Angel.Joshua 6:4Trumpets of ram’s horns - Render rather here and in Joshua 6:5-6, Joshua 6:8, etc., “trumpets of jubilee” (compareLeviticus 25:10; Leviticus 25:10 note). The instrument is more correctly rendered “cornet” (see Leviticus 25:9,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 6:1-2

Joshua 6:1-2. Jericho was straitly shut up They had shut up all their gates, and kept a very strict guard at them, for fear of the children of Israel. And the Lord said unto Joshua There is great reason to believe, and indeed most commentators agree, that this was spoken by the divine person who is said in the preceding chapter to have appeared to Joshua in the form of a man, but who styled himself captain of the host of the Lord, and is here called Jehovah, which shows that he was not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 6:3

Joshua 6:3. Round about the city once At a convenient distance, out of the reach of their arrows. Six days Every day once. This and the following course might seem ridiculous and absurd, and is therefore prescribed by God, that they might learn to take new measures of things, and to expect success, not from their own valour, or skill, but merely from God’s appointment and blessing; and in general, not to judge of any of God’s institutions by mere carnal reason, to which divers of their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:1-27

Click image for full-size version6:1-12:24 CONQUEST OF THE LANDDestruction of the CanaanitesThe following chapters show that the Israelites’ conquest of Canaan was well planned. First they won control of the central region (Chapters 6-9). This created a division between the northern and southern regions, and so prevented Canaanite tribes throughout the country from joining forces. Israel then had a much easier task in conquering the rest of Canaan, first the south (Chapter 10), then the north... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 6:2

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . said. This is the continuation of the Captain's words, Joshua 5:15 . See note on Joshua 3:7 . See. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . I have given. It was Jehovah's to give. men. Hebrew, plural of ish or 'enosh. App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 6:4

rams' horns = trumpets of Jubilee, of long sound. Exodus 19:13 . the seventh day = on the seventh day. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 6:2

"And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus thou shalt do six days. And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. And it shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 6:2

Ver. 2. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, &c.— The same person, who in the preceding chapter is called the Captain of the host of the Lord, is here named the LORD. There is no doubt, therefore, that this was a divine personage, the angel of the covenant, the Son of God. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 6:4

Ver. 4. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns— Some have observed, that rams' horns cannot be bored, and made so as to give any thing of a strong sound; and therefore by rams' horns here, they would understand trumpets made in the shape of rams' horns. But this supposed difficulty, of making such an instrument of a ram's horn as may give a pretty strong sound, is not well founded; it being certain, that the inside of these horns is no way hard, and may easily... read more

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