Joshua 6:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. ”

• Joshua 6:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] (h) once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. (h) For that day.

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• Joshua 6:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 5:13 to Joshua 6:27 . The Capture of Jericho. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13 ; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that Joshua 6:2 should imme...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

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• Joshua 6:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye 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 shall ye...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Capture of Jerich This chapter describes the first and perhaps most decisive action in the war. The impression it produced ( Joshua 6:27 ) no doubt did much to decide the fortunes of subse...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XII. THE FATE OF JERICHO. Joshua 6:8-27 . THE instructions of Joshua to the priests and the people are promptly obeyed. In the bright rays of the morning sun, on the day when Jericho is...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Commander and His Plan of Campaign Joshua 5:13-15 ; Joshua 6:1-11 When the heart is perfect with God we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that...

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• Joshua 6:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land. It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impr...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I cannot help detaining the Reader to remark, what an odd appearance this must have made to the enemy on the walls of Jericho, who no doubt looked very anxiously on, from the moment they saw Israel h...

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• Joshua 6:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So the ark of the Lord compassed the city ,.... Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi, "he, i.e. Joshua, caused the...

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• Joshua 6:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. Ver. 11. So the ark of the Lord compassed the city. ] The inhabitants marvell...

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• Joshua 6:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JERICHO DESTROYED Joshua and Israel having been fully prepared by God, their conquest of Canaan begins. Jericho, with its thick walls, was securely shut up (v.1), prepared for a long siege; but ce...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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 L ORD .   7...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Joshua 6:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ So he caused the Ark of YHWH to go round the city, going about it once, and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.' Note that the stress here is on the Ark of YHWH It was the presence...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:8 . Before the Lord] The Ark is now taken as the symbol of the Divine presence, just as the Pillar of Cloud had been formerly. Joshua 6:9 . The armed men went before...

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• Joshua 6:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 6:4 . Seven trumpets of rams' horns. Josephus uses this term, “rams' horns:” but in most versions it is holy trumpets, or trumpets used in the Jubilee, as seems to be implied by the Hebrew...

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• Joshua 6:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Ye shall not shout. ., until the day I bid you shout. Joshua taking Jericho I. One of the essential attributes of a great leader--the power to repress the passions of a nation of warriors: “Ye...

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• Joshua 6:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE VICTORY .— Joshua 6:1 This verse (see above) is parenthetical. It explains why the captain of the Lord's host appeared unto Joshua. The inhabitants of Jericho, though in...

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• Joshua 6:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Siege of Jericho

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