Josué 6
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Josué 6
Morris - The Israelite men of war, on God's instruction, circled around the city of Jericho once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day. This included the sabbath day, although it is not stated explicitly whether the seventh day was the sabbath. In any case, there was significant work done on the sabbath day, confirming that, even in this early period in the Mosaic dispensation, "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath" (Mark 2:27). J Oswald Sanders has an interesting comment - A march of this nature would doubtless bring ridicule from the troops on the walls of the city, and ridicule is hard to endure when one doubts the wisdom of the course being followed. What would be the most stringent test for a nation notorious for its murmuring and complaining? Would it not be the discipline of silence? No taunts, no jeers, no words of defiance--no criticism of strategy or tactics--- complete silence. It requires little imagination to picture the confusion that would reign if everyone were free to air his view on the strategy being adopted for the overthrow of this fortress! Unbridled criticism and airing of doubts would soon paralyze the nerve of faith. They would have talked themselves out of faith on the first day, for unbelief is unbelievably contagious. There was great spiritual and psychological wisdom in the muzzling of any expressions of unbelief, for this would have afforded a bridgehead that the adversary would put to good use. (Promised-land living)
Josué 6
Morris - fell down flat. The miraculous collapse of Jericho's walls has been attributed by many to a providentially timed earthquake. This may be the case, but whatever the reason, the fact of Jericho's collapse and burning has been adequately confirmed archaeologically. Strategically located near the Jordan at the entrance to Canaan, Jericho is a very old occupation site, with numerous towns erected one above the other at the same site. The Jericho of Joshua's time has been disputed by archaeologists, especially in view of the uncertainties in both pottery and radiocarbon dating and the ongoing controversy over the date of the exodus. Nevertheless, some conservative archaeologists have argued cogently in favor of accepting the traditional date (around 1450 B.C.), at which time the Jericho site does seem to show evidence of a collapse of its walls and a burning of the city.
Josué 6
Morris - Cursed be the man. It was God's will that, because of its wickedness, Jericho should not be rebuilt, and a curse would fall upon the man who would attempt it. Such a man would lose all his children between the times of the beginning and completion of its reconstruction. This curse was literally fulfilled some 500 years later when a man named Hiel rebuilt Jericho (1 Kings 16:34). Rod Mattoon - The curse was pronounced upon anyone who would rebuild the city of Jericho. Did anyone try to do this? Yes! Jericho was built three times. 1. It was destroyed during Joshua’s leadership of Israel. 2. During the time of King Ahab, apostasy characterized the nation. The Word of God was mocked and not believed. A man name Hiel, a Bethelite rebuilt the city at the cost of his firstborn son and youngest son. (1 Kings 16:30–34) The city was destroyed by the Herodians in 3 B.C. 3. In 2 B.C., the Archelans rebuilt the city again. It existed during the days of Christ and was destroyed in 68 A.D. by the Roman conqueror Vespassian. God’s Word is true! (Treasures from Joshua) Cursed (0779) arar which refers principally to exclamations, or imprecations, uttered by one person against another. It bears the idea of people reviling one another. Gilbrant adds it "carries the idea of being bound or banned from something. Therefore, God's original curse to Satan in Ge 3:14, 17, "cursed are you above all cattle and cursed is the ground for your sake," means you are banned from all the other animals and condemned to be the soil on your account. Likewise, God's curse upon Cain, "you are cursed from the earth" (Gen. 4:11, 12), means Cain is banned from enjoying the productivity of the earth's soil. Furthermore, the curse pronounced upon Jezebel by Elijah (1 Ki. 21:23) barred her from a proper burial (2 Ki. 9:34). Balaam was hired by King Balak to curse the Israelites (Num. 22:6ff). Although his efforts were unsuccessful, Balak desired Balaam to disable the Israelite forces. The Israelites, however, eventually brought the curse of God upon themselves through idolatry and its accompanying immorality (Num. 25:1-9). Most of the curse sayings are within proclamations of laws (Deut. 27:15-26; 28:16-19) or pronouncements of threats (Jer. 11:3; 17:5). (Complete Biblical Library) Only used twice in Joshua - Joshua 6:26, Joshua 9:23 GEORGE BUSH Notes Critical and Practical on the Book of Joshua - Chapter 6 26. Joshua adjured them. Made them to swear, caused them to bind themselves by a solemn oath, confirmed by an imprecation upon themselves and their posterity, if they broke it, that they would never rebuild the city. This he did, not on his own responsibility, but by a Divine impulse, 1 Kings 16:34. From the remarkable manner in which Jericho was taken and destroyed, it appears to have been the design of God to preserve such a memorial of the event, as would teach to the latest posterity, his detestation of idolatry and the vices that grow out of it. Accordingly Joshua here adjures the people by a solemn oath, and binds it upon them and their posterity, to leave the ruins of the city as a perpetual warning to after ages against the commission of those crimes. It would thus serve also as a precaution to Israel to abstain from worshiping the idol deities of the surrounding nations. Cursed be the man before the Lord. That is, from God’s presence and by his sentence. Thus Joshua is said, ch. 18:8, to have ‘cast lots before the Lord,’ i. e. as under his sanction and expecting the decision from him. This was what gave its terror to the penalty. As to what is implied in the curse of God, see on Gen. 3:14. That riseth up and buildeth. That is, that attempts to build, that enters upon the work of building, that engages in it. This is often the sense of ‘rise’ in the sacred writers. The denunciation is here limited to the builder, and extends not to those who should inhabit the city after it was built, for that it was subsequently rebuilt and inhabited is evident. See below. Shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, &c. That is, shall lose all his children in the interval between laying the foundation and completing the walls; he shall, as it were, lay the first stone on the dead body of his eldest son, and the last on that of his youngest. This is said to have been fulfilled in Hiel, the Bethelite, 1 Kings 16:34, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahaz, and ‘laid the foundation thereof in Abiram, his first-born, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub.’ This was 550 years after the utterance of the curse. The city does not appear, however, to have lain in ruins during the whole period from Joshua to Hiel, at least if the ‘city of palm trees,’ mentioned Deut. 34:3, be, as is generally supposed, the same with Jericho, for we find this an inhabited place in the beginning of Judges, ch. 1:16, a short time after the death of Joshua, and the same city appears to have been taken from the Israelites by Eglon, king of Moab, Judg. 3:13. Moreover, the ambassadors of David, who were maltreated by Hanan, king of the Ammonites, were commanded to tarry at Jericho till their beards were grown, 2 Sam. 10:4, 5. It appears, therefore, that there was a city which went under this name long before the time of Hiel, unless it be supposed that the ‘city of palm trees’ was a different place from the ancient Jericho, though standing in its neighborhood, and sometimes called by its name, which we think not improbable, especially as Josephus speaks of the site of the old city of Jericho, as if to distinguish it from a more modern one. QUESTION - Why did Joshua curse Jericho in Joshua 6:26? ANSWER - After the Lord God gave the city of Jericho into the hands of Joshua and the people of Israel, Joshua pronounced a curse on the city: “Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates” (Joshua 6:26). Prior to the battle, the Lord had declared Jericho, the first city to fall to Israel’s conquest of Canaan, to be wholly dedicated to Him: “The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury” (Joshua 6:17–19). The facts that everything in Jericho belonged to the Lord and that the collapse of the city walls was wholly the Lord’s work probably factored into Joshua’s warning not to rebuild the city. First Kings 16:34 reveals that Joshua’s curse did come true during the time of King Ahab: “Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.” Several important details must be noted. First, Joshua did not promise Jericho would never be rebuilt. Instead, he said the person who rebuilt it would be judged by the loss of his firstborn son and youngest son. Second, God confirmed His word through Joshua, taking the lives of Hiel’s sons Abiram and Segub. At the beginning of the work (the laying of the foundation), the first son died; at the end of the work (the hanging of the gates), the youngest son died. This proved God’s faithfulness and revealed the consequences of sin that often affect one’s family members. Though the sin was Hiel’s, the consequence included the deaths of two sons. Third, Hiel’s rebuilding of Jericho is included as part of a longer passage describing the evil that took place during King Ahab’s reign in Israel. Ahab took a pagan, non-Jewish wife named Jezebel and even worshiped her god, Baal. Further, Ahab had a temple of Baal built in the capital city of Samaria and erected an Asherah pole. The conclusion of this account is that “Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him” (1 Kings 16:33). During this wicked time, Hiel disregarded Joshua’s curse and rebuilt Jericho. This moral low point in Israel’s history was also the point at which God raised up the prophet Elijah to fight against Baal, revive the hearts of the Israelites, and turn many people back to the Lord. After a three-year drought during Ahab’s reign, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal and helped begin a spiritual revival among the Israelites. GotQuestions.org Joshua 6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land. the Lord: Jos 1:5,9 Ge 39:2,3,21 De 31:6 Mt 18:20 28:20 Ac 18:9,10 2Co 13:14 2Ti 4:17,22 his fame: Jos 9:1,3,9 1Sa 2:30 2Sa 7:9 Mt 4:24 14:1 Joshua 6 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries YAHWEH'S PRESENCE AND GIFT OF PRESTIGE So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land - This is a fulfillment of Joshua 1:5 “No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you." This passage reaffirms Yahweh's promises in Joshua 1.... Joshua 1:5; 9 “No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you....9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” GEORGE BUSH Notes Critical and Practical on the Book of Joshua - Chapter 6 27. The Lord was with Joshua, &c. That is, by his powerful aid, giving him miraculous assistance, magnifying him and raising his reputation, making him acceptable to Israel, and formidable to the Canaanites. ‘Nothing can more raise a man’s reputation, nor make him appear more truly great, than to have the evidence of God’s presence with him.’ Henry. F B