Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
‘By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.’ Israel – faith’s miracle (Jos. 6:1-27).
Five commands or conquest of Jericho: Circle the city with the men of war once each day for six days (Jos. 6:2). Seven priests with seven rams’ horns shall go before the ark each day around the city (Jos. 6:4). On the seventh day, circle the city seven times. At the end of the seventh time the priests shall blow a long blast on the rams’ horns and the people shall shout with a great shout (Jos. 6:5). Every man shall go straight forward to take the city.
The Canaanites must have laughed at the sight of armed men marching day after day in silence except for blowing trumpets. There was no effort to scale the wall, no weapons were used, no siege engines were brought up, and no other ordinary means of warfare were used. They had never seen or heard of such a foolish thing. Neither had the Israelites, but they obeyed the One who takes the “foolish” things to confound the wise and the weak things to destroy the mighty (1Cor. 1:18-31).
Jericho was accursed [Hebrew: cherem] “devoted to destruction”. It was the devotion of any idolatrous object – person, city, or thing – to utter destruction. When such a curse was pronounced on a city, it meant that all the people, animals, and treasures that would ordinarily be taken were to be completely burned in the fire or consecrated to the sanctuary (Jos. 6:19, 24).
To be continued…
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