ヨシュア記 6:1-2 JCB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 6:1-5

The parenthetic comment about Jericho that opens this chapter (Joshua 6:1) emphasizes the fact that the city had strong fortifications.As in the previous section, the writer recorded the command of God first (Joshua 6:2-5; cf. Psalms 108:12-13) and then Joshua’s execution of the command (Joshua 6:6-21; cf. Joshua 3:7-8; Joshua 4:1-3; Joshua 4:15-16). Unlike Moses, who at the burning bush argued at length with the Lord about His plan (Exodus 3:11 to Exodus 4:17), Joshua obeyed without question. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:1-27

The Capture of JerichThis 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 campaigns. The strange method adopted, by divine injunction, for the reduction of the city, with its jubilee trumpets and its elaborate symbolic use of the number seven, was clearly intended to leave no doubt that the enterprise from first to last was in higher hands than Joshua’s. Various attempts have... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 6:1

VI.(1) Now Jericho . . .—This verse should be read parenthetically, and Joshua 6:2-5 should be taken as the orders given to Joshua by the captain of the Lord’s host. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:1

3-15CHAPTER XI.THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD’S HOST.Joshua 5:13-15; Joshua 6:1. THE process of circumcision is over, and the men are well; the feast of unleavened bread has come to an end; all honour has been paid to these sacred ordinances according to the appointment of God; the manna has ceased, and the people are now depending on the corn of the land, of which, in all probability, they have but a limited supply. Everything points to the necessity of further action, but it is hard to say what the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 6:1-27

6. The Fall of Jericho CHAPTER 6 1. The divine instruction (Joshua 6:1-5 ) 2. The instructions followed (Joshua 6:6-19 ) 3. The fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:20-21 ) 4. Rahab remembered (Joshua 6:22-25 ) 5. The curse upon Jericho (Joshua 6:26-27 ) We do not enlarge upon the history of the chapter, which needs no comment. The fall of Jericho by the power of God, as described in this chapter, has also been ridiculed by infidels. Others have tried to explain the occurrence in a natural... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho was straitly {a} {b} shut up {c} because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.(a) That none could go out.(b) That none could go in.(c) for fear of the Israelites. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:1-27

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 certainly not prepared for what happened! Joshua did not depend on his military wisdom, but received orders from God, who tells him He has given Jericho and its king and mighty men into Joshua's hand (v.2). He is given what appears to be strange instructions, that Israel's army should march around... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:1-27

JERICHO AND AI DIVINE ORDERS (Joshua 6:1-5 ) These verses should not be separated from the foregoing by a chapter division, since it is evident that the orders here received by Joshua were given by the Captain of the Lord’s host previously described. Observe another proof of His deity in the words, “I have given into thine hand Jericho.” The mode by which Joshua was to proceed (Joshua 6:3-5 ) calls for no explanation. What had been his own preparations for the attack on the city? Was he... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Joshua 6:1-27

Discipline Joshua 6:0 WE have seen how, from a certain point of view, all the arrangements made for the capture of the walled city were obviously impracticable from a military point of view, simply absurd. We are now prepared to advance a step, and look at one or two of the almost hidden points of the narrative with a view to its illumination from incidental lights and references. Our object will be to find out how far these points are confirmed by our own experience and observation, how far... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Joshua 6:1

CONTENTS This chapter is the continuation of the former. He which appeared to Joshua in the close of the foregoing chapter, begins in this to give directions, as captain of the Lord's host, how Joshua is to proceed in the reduction of Jericho. Here is the progress of the siege, and the event of it, in the overthrow of Jericho. Joshua pronounceth a curse upon the builder of Jericho, whoever in after ages should attempt it. Joshua 6:1 If we spiritualize this history we shall find the outlines of... read more