Chapter 6:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Deuteronomy Judges
Joshua 6
Concise Complete
The siege of Jericho. (1-5) The city is compassed. (6-16)
Jericho is taken, Rahab and her family are saved. (17-27)
Verses 1-5 Jericho
resolves Israel shall not be its master. It shut itself up, being strongly
fortified both by art and nature. Thus were they foolish, and their hearts
hardened to their destruction; the miserable case of all that strengthen
themselves against the Almighty. God resolves Israel shall be its master, and
that quickly. No warlike preparations were to be made. By the uncommon method of
besieging the city, the Lord honoured the ark, as the symbol of his presence,
and showed that all the victories were from him. The faith and patience of the
people were proved and increased.
Verses 6-16
Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet
of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage
the followers of Christ in their spiritual warfare. As promised deliverances
must be expected in God's way, so they must be expected in his time. At last the
people were to shout: they did so, and the walls fell. This was a shout of
faith; they believed the walls of Jericho would fall. It was a shout of prayer;
they cry to Heaven for help, and help came.
Verses 17-27
Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice of God, upon those
who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He appoints, from whom, as
creatures, they received their lives, and to whom, as sinners, they had
forfeited them. Rahab perished not with them that believed not,
hebrews 11:31. All her
kindred were saved with her; thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house,
acts 14:31. She, and
they with her, were plucked as brands from the burning. With Rahab, or with the
men of Jericho; our portion must be assigned, as we posses or disregard the sign
of salvation; even faith in Christ, which worketh by love. Let us remember what
depends upon our choice, and let us choose accordingly. God shows the weight of
a Divine curse; where it rests there is no getting from under it; for it brings
ruin without remedy.
Chapter 6:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
| Index
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Deuteronomy Judges
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
