여호수아 6:8-27 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:27

So the Lord was with Joshua ,.... Counselling and directing him what to do, prospering and succeeding him in all that he engaged; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord was for the help of Joshua;'the essential Word, Christ the Son of God, called the Captain of the Lord's host, Joshua 5:14 ; and who, continued with him speaking to him and giving him orders, Joshua 6:2 , and his fame was noised throughout all the country ; for his wisdom and courage, for the wonderful things done for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:9

The rereward came after the ark - The word מאסף measseph , from אסף asaph , to collect or gather up, may signify either the rereward, as our translation understands it, or the people who carried the baggage of the army; for on the seventh day this was necessary, as much fighting might be naturally expected in the assault, and they would need a supply of arms, darts, etc., as well as conveniences for those who might happen to be wounded: or the persons here intended might be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:14

So they did six days - It is not likely that the whole Israelitish host went each day round the city. This would have been utterly impossible: the fighting men alone amounted to nearly 600,000, independently of the people, who must have amounted at least to two or three millions; we may therefore safely assert that only a select number, such as was deemed necessary for the occasion, were employed. Jericho could not have been a large city: and to reduce it could not have required a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:15

The seventh day - they rose early - Because on this day they had to encompass the city seven times; a proof that the city could not have been very extensive, else this going round it seven times, and having time sufficient left to sack and destroy it, would have been impossible. It is evident that in the course of these seven days there must have been a Sabbath, and that on this Sabbath the host must have encompassed the city as on the other days: the Jews themselves allow this, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:17

The city shall be accursed - That is, it shall be devoted to destruction; ye shall take no spoils, and put all that resist to the sword. Though this may be the meaning of the word חרם cherem in some places, see the note on Leviticus 27:29 , yet here it seems to imply the total destruction of all the inhabitants, see Joshua 6:21 ; but it is likely that peace was offered to this city, and that the extermination of the inhabitants was in consequence of the rejection of this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:19

But all the silver , and gold - shall come into the treasury - The Brahmins will receive from any caste, however degraded, gold, silver, etc.: but to receive from Shoodras food, garments, etc., would be considered a great degradation. - Ward. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

The people shouted with a great shout , that the wall fell down - There has been much learned labor spent to prove that the shouting of the people might be the natural cause that the wall fell down! To wait here, either to detail or refute any such arguments, would be lost time: enough of them may be seen in Scheuchzer. The whole relation evidently supposes it to have been a supernatural interference, as the blowing of the trumpets, and the shouting of the people, were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:21

They utterly destroyed - both man , and woman , etc. - As this act was ordered by God himself, who is the Maker and Judge of all men, it must be right: for the Judge of all the earth cannot do wrong. Nothing that breathed was permitted to live; hence the oxen, sheep, and asses, were destroyed, as well as the inhabitants. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:23

Brought out Rahab , and her father , etc. - Rahab having been faithful to her vow of secrecy, the Israelites were bound by the oath of the spies, who acted as their representatives in this business, to preserve her and her family alive. And left them without the camp - They were considered as persons unclean, and consequently left without the camp; (see Leviticus 13:46 ; Numbers 12:14 ;). When they had abjured heathenism, were purified, and the males had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:24

Only the silver , and the gold - they put into the treasury , etc . - The people were to have no share of the spoils, because they had no hand in the conquest. God alone overthrew the city; and into his treasury only the spoils were brought. This is one proof that the agitation of the air, by the sound of the people's voice, was not the cause of the fall of the city walls. Vessels of brass and of iron - Instead of כלי keley , Vessels, the Septuagint, in the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:24

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