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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Joshua
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 121,573 words · 331 reading sections
Joshua 4:19
Joshua 4:19 Ver. 19. And the people came up out of Jordan,.... The channel of it, to the shore: on the tenth [day] of the first month; the month Nisan or Abib, which from the time of Israel's coming out of Egypt was appointed the first month of the year, Ex 12:2; on the fifteenth of which month they came out of Egypt…
1,264 wordsSECTION 62Joshua 5:1
Joshua 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 5 The Canaanites being dispirited on the passage of the children of Israel through Jordan, Jos 5:1; Joshua is ordered to circumcise such of the people of Israel that were uncircumcised, Jos 5:2; in order to their eating of the passover, which was now to be kept, Jos 5:10; and they be…
431 wordsSECTION 63Joshua 5:2
Joshua 5:2 Ver. 2. At that time the Lord said unto Joshua,.... When the people had passed over Jordan, and had pitched in Gilgal, and Joshua had set up the stones there; and particularly when the dread of them had seized the inhabitants of Canaan, and deprived them of all their courage; and so was a fit time for the e…
794 wordsSECTION 64Joshua 5:3
Joshua 5:3 Ver. 3. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel,.... Not that Joshua circumcised them himself, any more than he made the knives himself, but he ordered both to be done, and took care that they were done. And as any that had skill might make the knives, so might any circumcis…
171 wordsSECTION 65Joshua 5:4
Joshua 5:4 Ver. 4. And this [is] the cause why Joshua did circumcise,.... Or the reason of the command given him to circumcise the children of Israel at this time, namely, what follows: all the people that came out of Egypt [that were] males, [even] all the men of war; meaning such that were twenty years old, and upw…
124 wordsSECTION 66Joshua 5:5
Joshua 5:5 Ver. 5. Now all the people that came out were circumcised,.... All that came out of Egypt, and males, were circumcised, whether under or above twenty years of age; for though it is possible all were circumcised before they came out of Egypt, which favours the opinion of Dr. Lightfoot, that they might be cir…
253 wordsSECTION 67Joshua 5:6
Joshua 5:6 Ver. 6. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,.... Wanting a few days, the round number is given: not forty two, as the Septuagint version: till all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed; all that were above twenty years of age, excepting Joshua…
164 wordsSECTION 68Joshua 5:7
Joshua 5:7 Ver. 7. And the children [whom] he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised,.... Who were born to them in the wilderness, and succeeded them, some of which might be near forty years of age; as for those that were born before, of which there might be many now living, they had been circumcised alread…
100 wordsSECTION 69Joshua 5:8
Joshua 5:8 Ver. 8. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,.... Which seems as if it was done in one day, even on the same day they passed over Jordan, and came to Gilgal; though Bishop Usher {a} thinks it was the day following; and so the Jews {b} say it was on the eleventh of Nisan: that…
265 wordsSECTION 70Joshua 5:9
Joshua 5:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord said unto Joshua,.... Out of the tabernacle: this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you; either the reproach of being reckoned office same religion with the Egyptians, they now having observed the command of the Lord, and thereby declared themselves to be his servan…
291 wordsSECTION 71Joshua 5:10
Joshua 5:10 Ver. 10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal,.... Not after their circumcision, but before, and where they continued encamped during that, and until the passover had been kept by them; this was little more than a mile from Jericho, See Gill on "Jos 4:19"; and kept the passover on the fourteenth …
170 wordsSECTION 72Joshua 5:11
Joshua 5:11 Ver. 11. And they did eat the old corn of the land,.... That of the last year, as some versions {g}, which agree with ours; in which they seem to follow the Jewish writers, who, as particularly Kimchi, Gersom, and Ben Melech, interpret it of the old corn, for this reason, because they might not eat of the …
440 wordsSECTION 73Joshua 5:12
Joshua 5:12 Ver. 12. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land,.... There being now no further need of it; miracles are not wrought or continued when unnecessary; for the ceasing of the manna shows, that it was not a common but an extraordinary provision. The ceasing of the ma…
340 wordsSECTION 74Joshua 5:13
Joshua 5:13 Ver. 13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho,.... Or "in Jericho" {i}; not in the city itself, but in the border of it, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; or on the side of it, as Jarchi; on one side of which he was reconnoitring by himself, very probably seeking for a proper place where to make his fir…
618 wordsSECTION 75Joshua 5:14
Joshua 5:14 Ver. 14. And he said, nay,.... Not for or on the side of their adversaries was he come, as Joshua suspected at the first sight of him; the Septuagint version is, "he said unto him", taking al for wl, as it sometimes is: but [as] Captain of the host of the Lord am I now come; of the host of the Lord both in…
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Joshua 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 6 In this chapter Joshua is assured, though Jericho was closely shut up, it should be delivered into his hands, Jos 6:1; and he is directed, with the army, to go round the city six days together, seven priests bearing the ark of the Lord, with seven trumpets sounding; and on the seve…
353 wordsSECTION 77Joshua 6:2
Joshua 6:2 Ver. 2. And the Lord said unto Joshua,.... The same divine Person called in the preceding chapter the Captain of the Lord's host, Jos 5:14, now with him, and who gave him the following orders, instructions, and assurances: see, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof: which might be conclu…
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Joshua 6:3 Ver. 3. And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war,.... Joshua their chief commander under the Lord, and all that were able to make war, even all above twenty years of age; these were to compass the city, not in the form of a siege, but by a procession around it: [and] go round about the city once;…
128 wordsSECTION 79Joshua 6:4
Joshua 6:4 Ver. 4. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns,.... The ark was to be taken up and carried by priests round the city. Ben Gersom observes, that this was to direct the Israelites to keep and do according to all that was written in it; that is, in the law, which was containe…
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Joshua 6:5 Ver. 5. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram's horn,.... Continue blowing, and protracting, and drawing out the sound a long time; which they did only on the seventh day; on the other days it was but a short blast they made at a time; so that this being different, it wo…
310 wordsSECTION 81Joshua 6:6
Joshua 6:6 Ver. 6. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests,.... Not the Levites and Kohathites, whose business it was in common to bear the ark, but upon this occasion the priests; not all of them, but as many as were sufficient for the purpose: and said unto them, take up the ark of the covenant; by putting the…
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Joshua 6:7 Ver. 7. And he said unto the people, pass on, and compass the city,.... The women and children, the young men under twenty years of age, the unarmed part of the camp, as distinguished from the armed men: and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord; to guard the ark, protect the priests, an…
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Joshua 6:8 Ver. 8. And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people,.... Both armed and unarmed; had finished the orders and directions he gave them before mentioned: that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord; in his sight, and by his direction, and at his com…
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Joshua 6:9 Ver. 9. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,.... Whom Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, interpret of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; that is, as many of them as Joshua took with him over Jordan; though rather all the armed men in the camp are meant; at least al…
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Joshua 6:10 Ver. 10. And Joshua had commanded the people,.... When he gave them their orders to pass on, and compass the city, Jos 6:7; saying, ye shall not shout; that is, on any of the six days as they went round the city, only on the seventh; for this being a sign of victory, it was not to be made until the day wh…
290 wordsSECTION 86Joshua 6:11
Joshua 6:11 Ver. 11. 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 ark of the Lord to compass the city;'' that is, he gave orders to the priests to take it up, and go…
143 wordsSECTION 87Joshua 6:12
Joshua 6:12 Ver. 12. And Joshua rose early in the morning,.... Of the second day; to take care of, direct, and prepare everything for another procession on that day; so active and diligent was he to do the will and work of God, exactly and punctually: and the priests took up the ark of the Lord; and carried it about …
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Joshua 6:13 Ver. 13. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord,.... See Gill on "Jos 6:4"; went on continually; or, "going they went" {b}: kept on going, making no stop at all, until they had compassed the city: and blew with the trumpets; as they went along: and the armed m…
104 wordsSECTION 89Joshua 6:14
Joshua 6:14 Ver. 14. And the second day they compassed the city once,.... Went round it one time only; as on the first: and returned into the camp: which was at Gilgal, Jos 5:10; so they did six days: four more after these two successively, and proceeded in the same order and manner as on those two days.…
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Joshua 6:15 Ver. 15. And it came to pass on the seventh day,.... Which Jarchi says was the Sabbath day, and which is a common notion of the Jews {c}; but whether it was or not, it is certain that one of these seven days must be a sabbath, in which the several things ordered were done, and the procession made. Kimchi o…
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Joshua 6:16 Ver. 16. And it came to pass at the seventh time,.... Of their going round the city on the seventh day: and at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets; as they did every time they compassed the city: Joshua said unto the people, shout; both those that were armed, and those that were not…
119 wordsSECTION 92Joshua 6:17
Joshua 6:17 Ver. 17. And the city shall be accursed,.... Or, be a "cherem", devoted to the Lord, as it follows: [even] it and all that [are] therein, to the Lord; the city and the inhabitants of it should be devoted to destruction, and the riches and spoil of it dedicated to sacred uses, and not become the property of…
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Joshua 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 7 For the trespass of Achan the children of Israel were smitten and put to flight by the men of Ai, Jos 7:1; which gave him and the elders of the people great concern, both for Israel and for the name of the Lord, which was expressed by Joshua in prayer to God, Jos 7:6; when the Lord…
352 wordsSECTION 94Joshua 7:2
Joshua 7:2 Ver. 2. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,.... Which was the next city of importance, though not so large as Jericho, and was, as the Jews say {l}, three miles distant from it; Abarbinel says {m} four miles, and so Bunting {n}; Jerom {o} says, that in his times very few ruins of it appeared, only the p…
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Joshua 7:3 Ver. 3. And they returned unto Joshua, and said unto him, let not all the people go up,.... After they had reconnoitred the place, they came back to their general, and gave it as their opinion, that there was no need for the whole army to go up against the city: but let about two or three thousand men go u…
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Joshua 7:4 Ver. 4. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be strength enough to take the place; and those he sent under proper officers to Ai, who went up to the very gate of the city, as appears from Jos 7:5: an…
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Joshua 7:5 Ver. 5. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men,.... In the pursuit of them, which were but few, but a sufficient rebuke of Providence; their loss was but small, but their shame and disgrace great: for they chased them [from] before the gate; the gate of the city of Ai: [even] unto Shebar…
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Joshua 7:6 Ver. 6. And Joshua rent his clothes,.... As was usual in those ancient times, on hearing bad news, and as expressive of grief and trouble {r}; see Ge 37:29; and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord, until the eventide; in a posture of adoration and prayer, in which he continued till e…
295 wordsSECTION 99Joshua 7:7
Joshua 7:7 Ver. 7. And Joshua said, alas! O Lord God,.... What a miserable and distressed condition are we in! have pity and compassion on us; who could have thought it, that this would have been our case? wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to dest…
212 wordsSECTION 100Joshua 7:8
Joshua 7:8 Ver. 8. O Lord, what shall I say,.... For the comfort and encouragement of the people of Israel, in vindication of thy power and faithfulness, and against the charge of weakness in thyself, unfaithfulness to thy promises, and unkindness to thy people, brought by our enemies: when Israel hath turned their b…
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Joshua 7:9 Ver. 9. For the Canaanites,.... Those that dwell on the east and on the west of the land, see Jos 11:3; who were one of the seven nations: and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it]; of this defeat; not only the Amorites, among whom they now were, and the Canaanites before mentioned, but the Hi…
195 wordsSECTION 102Joshua 7:10
Joshua 7:10 Ver. 10. And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplication to him, but rather as encouraging and strengthening him; though chiefly he said this in order to instruct him, and that he might prepare for w…
101 wordsSECTION 103Joshua 7:11
Joshua 7:11 Ver. 11. Israel hath sinned,.... For though one only had committed the sin, others might have known of it, and connived at it; however, there was sin committed among them, and it must be discovered, the guilt charged, and punishment inflicted: and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded …
332 wordsSECTION 104Joshua 7:12
Joshua 7:12 Ver. 12. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies,.... Being forsaken of God for the sin committed among them: [but] turned [their] backs before their enemies: had not courage to face them, but fled as soon as they appeared: because they were accursed; of God for the accursed…
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Joshua 7:13 Ver. 13. Up, sanctify the people,.... The word "up" not only signifies getting up from the ground on which he lay, but to bestir himself, and to be active in what he would now be enjoined and directed to do, and in the first place to "sanctify the people", that is, by giving them orders to do it themselves…
187 wordsSECTION 106Joshua 7:14
Joshua 7:14 Ver. 14. In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes,.... One or more of every tribe, according to the number of them, were to be brought the next morning before Joshua and the elders of Israel, the sanhedrim and council of the nation, and very probably the tabernacle, where they …
3,251 wordsSECTION 107Joshua 8:1
Joshua 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 8 Joshua is encouraged to go up and take Ai, and is directed what method to make use of, Jos 8:1; accordingly he set an ambush on the west side of it, and, he and the rest of the army went up before it, Jos 8:3; which, when the king of Ai saw, he and all his forces came cut against t…
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Joshua 8:2 Ver. 2. And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst to Jericho and her king,.... Burn the one and slay the other: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; which they were not allowed to do at Jericho: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it; at the…
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Joshua 8:3 Ver. 3. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai,.... As the Lord had commanded him: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour; out of all the men of war; these were a select company, picked men, not the whole army, as some have thought, for he was ordered to take all…
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Joshua 8:4 Ver. 4. And he commanded them, saying,.... At the time he sent them away; behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city; that is, on the west side of it, Jos 8:9; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready; to enter into it, as soon as the forces are drawn out eastward to m…
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Joshua 8:5 Ver. 5. And I and all the people that [are] with me will approach unto the city,.... That is, Joshua with the main body of the army would march up to the city the next morning, in order to draw out the inhabitants of it to fight them: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the firs…
112 wordsSECTION 112Joshua 8:6
Joshua 8:6 Ver. 6. For they will come out after us,.... Of which there could be no doubt, when they should see them run from them: till we have drawn them from the city; some distance from it, that they could not return soon enough to save it from the ambush, or prevent their entrance into it, and burning it: for th…
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Joshua 8:7 Ver. 7. Then ye shall rise up from the ambush,.... When they should see a signal made, that in Jos 8:18; and when their watch, they might set in a proper place, should see Israel flee, and the men of Ai at a distance from their city, pursuing, and give notice of it to the ambush: and seize upon the city; e…
105 wordsSECTION 114Joshua 8:8
Joshua 8:8 Ver. 8. And it shall be, when ye have taken the city,.... Entered it and become masters of it: [that] ye shall set the city on fire; not the whole city, only some outlying houses of it, to make a smoke which might be seen both by Israel and the men of Ai, for different purposes; for the spoil of the city w…
142 wordsSECTION 115Joshua 8:9
Joshua 8:9 Ver. 9. Joshua therefore sent them forth,.... The thirty thousand chosen men: and they went to lie in ambush; as they were ordered, Jos 8:2: and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; for as Ai was on the east of Bethel, Jos 7:2. Bethel must be on the west of Ai, as Jarchi notes: but Joshua…
145 wordsSECTION 116Joshua 8:10
Joshua 8:10 Ver. 10. And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people,.... To see if there were any wanting, and to put them in proper order for their march: and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai; these elders were either the seventy elders who went with Joshua as council t…
83 wordsSECTION 117Joshua 8:11
Joshua 8:11 Ver. 11. And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, and went up, and drew nigh,.... To the city of Ai: and came before the city; as if they intended to besiege it, storm it, or force an entrance into it: and pitched on the north side of Ai; which was judged fittest for the purpose…
117 wordsSECTION 118Joshua 8:12
Joshua 8:12 Ver. 12. And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush,.... This was another ambush, as both Jarchi and Kimchi observe; and the latter adds, perhaps he set them nearer the city than the former; though some are of opinion that these are the same ambush spoken of, whose number is here gi…
240 wordsSECTION 119Joshua 8:13
Joshua 8:13 Ver. 13. And when they had set the people,.... In battle array, as in 1Ki 20:12; that is, Joshua and the officers of the army: [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city; where Joshua and the main army were: and the liers in wait on the west of the city: both the first and second ambush; whe…
135 wordsSECTION 120Joshua 8:14
Joshua 8:14 Ver. 14. And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it],.... Not the ambush on the west side, but the host or army on the north side, or, however, some of his people gave him notice of it: that they hasted and rose up early; or made haste to rise out of their beds, on the alarm given of Israel's near a…
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