What was the condition of Jericho at this time?
What did the Lord, whose appearance is related in the foregoing chaptcr, now say to Joshua? V.2-5
What did Joshua and the people do in pursuance of these orders? V. 6—9.
Were the people required to march in perfect silence? V. 10.
In what order did the Priests, armed men, &c. move forward?
What did Joshua say to the people at the seventh circuit on the seventh day ? N. B. As it does not appear that the people were informed how they were to cross the Jordan till they came, to the river's bank, so on this occasion Joshua forbore to tell them how they were to become masters of the city, till they had compassed it six times. Their implicit obedience therefore strikingly evinced their faith; which is commended by the Apostle, Heb.l1.30.
What did he say concerning the city and its inhabitants and what charges did he give them as to the disposal of the spoil?
What came to pass when the people shouted, and what did they do hereupon?
What Was done for Rahab and her family?
Of what was this typical?
How did Joshua adjure the people at that time?
What similar instance of the imposition of an oath may be given? 1 Sam. 14. 24.
Did this prophetic curse afterwards come to pass, and upon whom? 1 Kings 16. 34. N.B. The denunciation here mentioned did not extend to the future inhabitants of the city, but to him only who should attempt to rebuild it. For it was inhabited in the times of Elijah, and of Elisha, and also of Christ.
What is said of the celebrity which Joshua acquired in these transactions?
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