Jos 6:26, 27. THE REBUILDER OF JERICHO CURSED.
26. Joshua adjured them at that time--that is, imposed upon his
countrymen a solemn oath, binding on themselves as well as their
posterity, that they would never rebuild that city. Its destruction was
designed by God to be a permanent memorial of His abhorrence of
idolatry and its attendant vices.
Cursed be the man . . . that riseth up and buildeth this city
Jericho--that is, makes the daring attempt to build.
he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his
youngest son shall he set up the gates of it--shall become
childless--the first beginning being marked by the death of his oldest
son, and his only surviving child dying at the time of its completion.
This curse was accomplished five hundred fifty years after its
denunciation
(see on
1Ki 16:34).
JFB.
Outline
Painting of the Jordan by Chernetsov
Joshua 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
ARCHAEOLOGYAncient Rallying Horn
This Carchemish relief reveals how horns were blown.
Painted sketch of ancient writing instruments
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Map of the Possible Route of the
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