Joshua 6:15

And it came to pass on the seventh day. Why did God command this long pause of suspense and expectation? Even to teach us that His ways are not as our ways, and that we had far better leave the issue in His hands, than by our impatience to anticipate, and not unfrequently frustrate, the course of His Providence.— Calvin. There is a time to act and a time to wait patiently. If we seek His guidance by prayer, God will tell us when to do either. And when it is our duty not to do anything ourselves, but to wait for the deliverance which He never fails to send in His own good time, let us be careful to restrain ourselves, lest by our rash intermeddling with His designs, we bring disgrace and disaster upon ourselves and His cause. Had the Israelites disobeyed His command, and instead of the solemn procession round Jericho, ventured to attack the city at once, it would have fared worse with them than at Ai, or at the wilderness of Pavan ( Numbers 14:45 ). About the dawning. So the Chethibh. The Ken substitutes כְּ for בְּ , i.e; as soon as it was dawn. Literally, "as the dawn went up." After this manner. Literally, according to this judgment, " sieur dispositum erat " (Vulg). For a similar use of מִשְׁפָט see Genesis 40:13 , and compare the proverb mos pro lege.