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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:10

And Joshua had commanded the people ,.... When he gave them their orders to pass on, and compass the city, Joshua 6:7 , saying, ye shall not shout ; that is, on any of the six days as they went round the city, only on the seventh; for this being a sign of victory, it was not to be made until the day when it should be obtained; otherwise, had they shouted, and nothing followed on it, it would have exposed them to the contempt of the inhabitants of Jericho, and would have put them in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:11

So the ark of the Lord compassed the city ,.... Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi,"he, i.e. Joshua, caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city;' that is, he gave orders to the priests to take it up, and go round with it on the first day: going about it once ; on that day, and no more; keeping at such a distance, as to be out of the reach of stones or arrows cast from the walls of the city: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:12

And Joshua rose early in the morning ,.... Of the second day; to take care of, direct, and prepare everything for another procession on that day; so active and diligent was he to do the will and work of God, exactly and punctually: and the priests took up the ark of the Lord ; and carried it about as they had done the day before. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:13

And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord ,.... See Gill on Joshua 6:4 , went on continually ; or, "going they went" F2 הלכים הלוך "euntes eundo", Montanus. : kept on going, making no stop at all, until they had compassed the city: and blew with the trumpets ; as they went along: and the armed men went before them, but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord ; which the Targum paraphrases as on Joshua 6:9 , the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:14

And the second day they compassed the city once ,.... Went round it one time only; as on the first: and returned into the camp : which was at Gilgal, Joshua 5:10 , so they did six days : four more after these two successively, and proceeded in the same order and manner as on those two days. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:15

And it came to pass on the seventh day ,.... Which Jarchi says was the Sabbath day, and which is a common notion of the Jews F3 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31. Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 14. fol. 312. 2. ; but whether it was or not, it is certain that one of these seven days must be a sabbath, in which the several things ordered were done, and the procession made. Kimchi observes, that their Rabbins say this was the sabbath day; and he adds, what is pretty remarkable,"though they slew and... 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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:15

Verse 15 15.And it came to pass on the seventh day, etc Here, also, God seemed, by leading the people so often round the city, not only to keep the matter in suspense, but purposely to sport with the miseries of the people, who were fatiguing themselves to no purpose. For why does he not order them suddenly to attack the city? Why does he keep them in their former silence, even to weariness, and not open their mouths to shout? But the happy fruit of this endurance teaches us, that there is... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:15

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:15

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