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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:19

But all the silver , and gold - shall come into the treasury - The Brahmins will receive from any caste, however degraded, gold, silver, etc.: but to receive from Shoodras food, garments, etc., would be considered a great degradation. - Ward. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

The people shouted with a great shout , that the wall fell down - There has been much learned labor spent to prove that the shouting of the people might be the natural cause that the wall fell down! To wait here, either to detail or refute any such arguments, would be lost time: enough of them may be seen in Scheuchzer. The whole relation evidently supposes it to have been a supernatural interference, as the blowing of the trumpets, and the shouting of the people, were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:21

They utterly destroyed - both man , and woman , etc. - As this act was ordered by God himself, who is the Maker and Judge of all men, it must be right: for the Judge of all the earth cannot do wrong. Nothing that breathed was permitted to live; hence the oxen, sheep, and asses, were destroyed, as well as the inhabitants. 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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:17

Verse 17 17.And the city shall be accursed, etc Although God had determined not only to enrich his people with spoil and plunder, but also to settle them in cities which they had not built, yet there was a peculiarity in the case of the first city; for it was right that it should be consecrated as a kind of first fruits. Accordingly, he claims the buildings, as well as all the moveable property, as his own, and prohibits the application of any part of it to private uses. It may have been an... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

Verse 20 20.So the people shouted, etc Here the people are praised for obedience, and the faithfulness of God is, at the same time, celebrated. They testified their fidelity by shouting, because they were persuaded, that what God had commanded would not be in vain, and he, in not allowing them to lose their labor, vindicated the truth of what he had said. Another virtue of not inferior value was displayed by the people, in despising unlawful gain, and cheerfully suffering the loss of all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:1-21

We come now to the command that was laid on Joshua. And hero we may observe three points. I. SUCCESS WAS CERTAIN IF GOD 'S COMMANDS WERE OBEYED . God does not say, "I will give," but, "I have given" Jericho into thine hand. Not only has the fiat gone forth, but the work is done, when the soldier of the Lord has made up his mind to obey the Lord's commands. Thus, whatever be the work to which we set our hands, be it public or private, in the world or in our own hearts, so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:16

When the priests. There is no "when" in the original, nor is it needed (see Keil). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:17

Accursed. Rather, devotea, ἀναθεμα LXX . The original meaning of this word is derived from הרם to "shut up." Hence it originally means "a net." With this we may compare the well known Eastern word harem, meaning the enclosed apartments reserved for the women of the family. Hence it comes to mean under a ban, devoted, generally to utter destruction under the pressure of a vow to God, as in Numbers 21:2 , or in consequence of His command (see Le 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:15 ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:21

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 6:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 6:17

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