Joshua
Chapter
6
{Status
of Jericho}
1~~Now
Jericho was straightly shut up
{closed the gates and readied for siege}
because
of the children of Israel.
None
went out,
and
none came in.
2-3~~And
the Jehovah/God said unto Joshua,
"I
have given into your hand Jericho {GRACE},
and
the king thereof,
and
the mighty men of valor."
{Order
of the March}
3-5~~"You
shall compass/'walk around' the city,
all
you men of war {a corps of troops goes first},
and
go round about the city once.
Thus
you shall do six days. 4~~
And
seven priests shall carry before the Ark
seven
trumpets of rams' horns
and
the seventh day
you
shall compass the city seven times,
and
the priests shall blow with the trumpets.5~~
And
it shall come to pass,
that
when they make a long blast with the ram's horn,
and
when you hear the sound of the trumpet,
all
the people shall shout with a great shout;
and
the wall of the city shall fall down flat,
and
the people shall ascend up every man straight before him."
{Note:
RBT says that first is an armed corps of troops. Second come 7
priests go first with rams' horns. Third comes the Ark of the
Covenant. And, then RBT says another corps of troops would follow
(and from verse 9 we see that they do). From a human viewpoint
Joshua's flanks will be exposed. But he trusts in the Lord and does
as commanded.}
6~~And
Joshua the son of Nun
called
the priests, and said unto them,
"Take
up the Ark of the Covenant,
and
let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns
before
the Ark of the Jehovah/God."
7~~And
he said unto the people,
"Pass
on, and compass the city,
and
let him who is armed
pass
on before the Ark of the Jehovah/God."
8~~And
it came to pass,
when
Joshua had spoken
unto
the people,
that
the seven priests
bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns
passed
on before Jehovah/God
{the Man with the drawn sword from chapter 5},
and
blew with the trumpets
and
the Ark of the Covenant
of
the Jehovah/God followed them.
9~~And
the armed men went before/'in front of' the priests
who
blew with the trumpets,
and
the rearward {2nd corps of troops}
came
after the Ark,
the
priests going on,
and
blowing with the trumpets.
{Note:
The Ark speaks of Christ. The 7 trumpets speak of judgment as they
do in Revelation. So this is the last opportunity for the people in
Jericho to believe in Christ and be saved.}
10~~And
Joshua had commanded the people, saying,
"You
shall not shout,
nor
make any noise with your voice,
neither
shall any word proceed out of your mouth,
until
the day I bid you shout . . .
then
you shall shout."
{Note:
RBT says you can imagine what the people in Jericho were yelling
from the wall as the Jews marched for 7 days. Probably not too nice!
Anyway, the command was to keep your mouth shut. Why? See John 3:36.
In witnessing, give the gospel and keep your mouth shut to any
criticisms or false issues.}
{Verses
11-16: Commands All Obeyed - Action of Faith}
11~~So
the Ark of the Jehovah/God
compassed/'went
around' the city,
going
about it once.
And
they came into the camp,
and
lodged in the camp.
12-13~~And
Joshua rose early in the morning,
and
the priests took up the Ark of the Jehovah/God. 13~~
And
seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns
before
the Ark of the Jehovah/God
went
on continually,
and
blew with the trumpets
and
the armed men went before them
but
the rearward came
after
the Ark of the Jehovah/God,
the
priests going on,
and
blowing with the trumpets.
14~~And
the second day
they
compassed/'walked around' the city once,
and
returned into the camp.
So
they did six days.
15~~And
it came to pass on the seventh day,
that
they rose early about the dawning of the day,
and
compassed/'walked around' the city
after
the same manner seven times.
Only
on that day they compassed/'walked around' the city
seven
times.
16~~And
it came to pass at the seventh time,
when
the priests blew with the trumpets,
Joshua
said unto the people,
"Shout!
For Jehovah/God has given you the city.
17a~~And
the city shall be cherem/accursed/ban.
{Note:
See the concept of cherem. It is
very important. It means to be accursed and not subject to redemption
it and all in it is 'dedicated/sacrificed to the Lord' - see
Leviticus 27 Cherem is a type of Christ. Christ was cherem so that we
could be redeemed. He died for us because He took the cherem to
Himself and He could not be redeemed. Jericho was the first city
taken and was therefore the firstfruits of the land. It could not be
taken until all the redeemed are things already redeemed and not
cherem - Rahab and her family and their goods.}
17b~~Even
it,
and
all that are therein,
to
the Jehovah/God.
Only
Rahab the prostitute shall live,
she
and all who are with her in the house,
because
she hid the messengers that we sent. 18~~
And
you, keep yourselves from the cherem/'accursed thing',
lest
you make yourselves cherem/accursed,
when
you take of the cherem/'accursed thing',
and
make the camp of Israel a cherem/curse,
and
trouble/disturb it.
19~~
But {the exception}
all
the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
are
consecrated unto the Jehovah/God.
They
shall come into the treasury of the Jehovah/God."
{Battle
of Jericho - Pretty Short Battle - Fall of Jericho}
20-21~~So
the people shouted
when
the priests blew with the trumpets.
And
it came to pass,
when
the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
and
the people shouted with a great shout,
that
the wall fell down flat,
so
that the people went up {up the steep hill}
into
the city,
every
man straight before him,
and
they took the city. 21~~
And
they utterly destroyed all that was in the city,
both
man and woman,
young
and old,
and
ox, and sheep, and ass,
with
the edge of the sword.
{Note:
See Leviticus 18:20-25 to see what the inhabitants of the Promised
Land were doing and is one reason why all the residents and animals
of Jericho had to die here. It was to protect the rest of the human race.}
{Note:
See also Deuteronomy 18:9-12.}
22~~But
Joshua had said unto the two men
who
had spied out the country,
"Go
into the prostitute's {Rahab's} house,
and
bring out thence the woman,
and
all that she has, as you swore unto her."
23~~And
the young men that were spies went in,
and
brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother,
and
her brethren,
and
all that she had
and
they brought out all her kindred,
and
left them outside the camp of Israel
{at this point they were not allowed in the camp}.
24~~And
they burnt the city with fire,
and
all that was therein
only
the silver, and the gold,
and
the vessels of brass and of iron,
they
put into the treasury of the house of the Jehovah/God.
25~~
And Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute alive,
and
her father's household,
and
all that she had
and
she 'permanently dwelled' in Israel
{there is no provision for this to happen unless you become
part of Israel and from Matthew 1:4 compared
with I Chronicles 2:10-11 - we find that she married
Salmon (he was a prince and had a son Boaz who is famous
for Ruth and Boaz was the grandfather of Jesse and the
Great Grandfather of David - and they were in the line of
David and of the Messiah - Jesus Christ}
even
unto this day
because
she hid the messengers,
which
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26~~And
Joshua cursed them at that time,
saying,
"Cursed be the man
before
the Jehovah/God,
who
rises up and builds this city Jericho.
He
shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn,
and
in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
{Note:
This is a prophecy that is fulfilled in I Kings 16:34 when Hiel/Chiy'el.
Jericho is cherem so this man become cherem himself.}
{Note:
There is a passage in Matthew that appears to be a contradiction
with Mark and Luke. But, Jesus came out of the Old city of Jericho
and went into the New city of Jericho and they each reported
accurately what they saw.}
27~~So
the Jehovah/God was with Joshua;
and
his fame was sounded throughout all the country.
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