Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Joshua Chapter 6
Overview
Jos 6:1, Jericho is shut up; Jos 6:2, God instructs Joshua how to besiege it; Jos 6:12, The city is compassed; Jos 6:17, It must be accursed; Jos 6:20, The walls fall down; Jos 6:22, Rahab is saved; Jos 6:26, The builder of Jericho is cursed.
was straitly: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up, Jos 2:7; Kg2 17:4
because: Jos 2:9-14, Jos 2:24; Psa 127:1
the Lord: Jos 5:13-15
I have: Josh. 6:9-24, Jos 2:9, Jos 2:24, Jos 8:1, Jos 11:6-8; Jdg 11:21; Sa2 5:19; Neh 9:24; Dan 2:21, Dan 2:44; Dan 4:17, Dan 4:35, Dan 5:18
ye shall: Jos 6:7, Jos 6:14; Num 14:9; Co1 1:21-25; Co2 4:7
trumpets of rams': The words shopheroth hyyovelim, should rather be rendered jubilee, trumpets, i.e., such as were used on the jubilee, which were probably made of horn or silver. for the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan was indeed a jubilee to them (see note on Lev 25:11). Instead of the dreadful trumpet of war, they were ordered to sound the trumpet of joy, as already conquerors. Lev 25:9; Num 10:1-10; Jdg 7:7, Jdg 7:8, Jdg 7:15-22; Ch2 13:12, Ch2 20:17, Ch2 20:19, Ch2 20:21; Isa 27:13; Zac 4:6
seven times: Gen 2:3, Gen 7:2, Gen 7:3; Lev 4:6, Lev 14:16, Lev 25:8; Num 23:1; Kg1 18:43; Kg2 5:10; Job 42:8; Zac 4:2; Rev 1:4, Rev 1:20, Rev 5:1, Rev 5:6, Rev 8:2, Rev 8:6, Rev 10:3, Rev 15:1, Rev 15:7, Rev 16:1
make a long: Jos 6:16, Jos 6:20; Exo 19:19; Ch2 20:21, Ch2 20:22
the people: Jdg 7:20-22; Sa1 4:5, Sa1 17:20, Sa1 17:52; Ch2 13:14, Ch2 13:15; Jer 50:15
and the wall: The words wenaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, are literally, "and the wall of the city shall fall down under itself;" which appears simply to mean, that the wall shall fall down from its very foundation; which was probably the case in every part, though large breaches in different places might have been amply sufficient first to admit the armed men, after whom the host might enter to destroy the city. There is no ground for the supposition that the walls sunk into the earth. Isa 25:12, Isa 30:25; Co2 10:4, Co2 10:5; Heb 11:30
flat: Heb. under it
Take up the ark: Jos 6:8, Jos 6:13, Jos 3:3, Jos 3:6; Exo 25:14; Deu 20:2-4; Act 9:1
that is armed: Jos 6:3, Jos 1:14, Jos 4:13
before the Lord: Jos 6:3, Jos 6:4; Num 32:20
and the rereward: Heb. gathering, host, Jos 6:13; Num 10:25; Isa 52:11, Isa 58:8
any noise with your voice: Heb. your voice to be heard, Isa 42:2; Mat 12:19
until the day: Sa2 5:23, Sa2 5:24; Isa 28:16; Luk 24:49; Act 1:7
Joshua rose: Jos 3:1; Gen 22:3
the priests: Jos 6:6-8; Deu 31:25; Joh 2:5-8, Joh 6:10, Joh 6:11, Joh 9:6, Joh 9:7; Heb 11:7, Heb 11:8
went on: Ch1 15:26; Mat 24:13; Gal 6:9
about the dawning: Psa 119:147; Mat 28:1; Pe2 1:19
only on that day: Jos 6:4
Shout: Jos 6:5; Jdg 7:20-22; Ch2 13:15, Ch2 20:22, Ch2 20:23
accursed: or, devoted, Jos 7:1; Lev 27:28, Lev 27:29; Num 21:2, Num 21:3; Co1 2:7; Ezr 10:8 *marg. Isa 34:6; Jer 46:10; Eze 39:17; Mic 4:13; Co1 16:22; Gal 3:10, Gal 3:12
only Rahab: Jos 2:1
because: Jos 6:22, Jos 6:23, Jos 2:4-6, Jos 2:22; Gen 12:3; Sa1 15:6; Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42, Mat 25:40; Heb 6:10; Heb 11:31; Jam 2:25
in any wise: Rom 12:9; Co2 6:17; Eph 5:11; Jam 1:27; Jo1 5:21
lest ye make: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Jos 7:15; Deu 7:26, Deu 13:17
make the camp: Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Jos 22:18-20; Sa1 14:28-42; Ecc 9:18; Jon 1:12
and trouble it: Jos 7:25; Sa2 21:1; Kg1 18:17, Kg1 18:18
all the silver: Sa2 8:11; Ch1 18:11, Ch1 26:20, Ch1 26:26, Ch1 26:28, Ch1 28:12; Ch2 15:18, Ch2 31:12; Isa 23:17, Isa 23:18; Mic 4:13
consecrated: Heb. holiness, Lev 19:24 *marg. Zac 14:20, Zac 14:21
the treasury: Kg1 7:51, Kg1 14:26; Kg2 24:13; Ch1 26:20; Neh 7:70, Neh 7:71, Neh 10:38; Jer 38:11; Mat 27:6; Mar 12:41
the wall: Jos 6:5; Co2 10:4, Co2 10:5; Heb 11:30
flat: Heb. under it
And they: The Canaanites were ripe for destruction; and God was pleased, instead of destroying them by a pestilence, a famine, or an earthquake, to employ the Israelites as the executioners of his vengeance. Had an angel been commissioned to slay them, who would have charged him with iniquity or cruelty? In all public calamities infants are involved; and tens of thousands of infants die in great agony every year. Now, either God is not the agent in these calamities (which opinion, though often implied in men's reasonings on these subjects, is not far from atheism); or they must consist with the most perfect justice and goodness.
utterly: Jos 9:24, Jos 9:25, Jos 10:28, Jos 10:39, Jos 11:14; Deu 2:34, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:3, Deu 7:16, Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 15:18, Sa1 15:19; Kg1 20:42; Psa 137:8, Psa 137:9; Jer 48:18; Rev 18:21
Joshua: Jos 6:17, 2:1-24
as ye sware unto her: Jos 2:12-14, Jos 2:17-20, Jos 9:15, Jos 9:18-20; Sa2 21:2, Sa2 21:7; Psa 15:4; Eze 17:13, Eze 17:16, Eze 17:18; Eze 17:19; Heb 11:31
out Rahab: Jos 2:18; Gen 12:2, Gen 18:24, Gen 19:29; Act 27:24; Heb 11:7
kindred: Heb. families
left them: Num 5:2, Num 5:3, Num 31:19; Act 10:28; Co1 5:12; Eph 2:12
burnt: Jos 8:28; Deu 13:16; Kg2 25:9; Rev 17:16, Rev 18:8
only the silver: Jos 6:19
Rahab: Jos 11:19, Jos 11:20; Jdg 1:24, Jdg 1:25; Act 2:21; Heb 11:31
she dwelleth: Mat 1:5
unto: Jos 4:9
because: Jam 2:25
adjured: This is to be regarded as a prediction, that he who rebuilded this city should lose all his children in the interim between the laying of the foundation to the completion of the walls. Num 5:19-21; 1Sam. 14:24-46; Kg1 22:16; Mat 26:63; Act 19:13
the Lord: Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:3, Gen 39:21; Deu 31:6; Mat 18:20, Mat 28:20; Act 18:9, Act 18:10; Co2 13:14; Ti2 4:17, Ti2 4:22
his fame: Jos 9:1, Jos 9:3, Jos 9:9; Sa1 2:30; Sa2 7:9; Mat 4:24, Mat 14:1