Joshua 6:16-21,Joshua 2:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 6:17-27

The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Josh. 6:16), ?The Lord hath given you the city, enter and take possession.? Accordingly in these verses we have, I. The rules they were to observe in taking possession. God gives it to them, and therefore may direct it to what uses and intents, and clog it with what provisos and limitations he thinks fit. It is given to them to be devoted to God, as the first... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:16

And it came to pass at the seventh time ,.... Of their going round the city on the seventh day: and at the seventh time: when the priests blew with the trumpets ; as they did every time they compassed the city: Joshua said unto the people, shout ; both those that were armed, and those that were not; they were to make one grand and general shout at once, as when victory is obtained, or is sure, and so it follows: for the Lord hath given you the city ; intimating that it would be... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 6:17-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:16

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

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

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