Adjured - that is, put an oath on them; or, perhaps, actually caused them to take an oath themselves . The words of the oath have in the ori…

Cursed be the man ... that ... builds this city Jericho. —As the marginal reference indicates, the curse of Joshua was no…

And Joshua adjured them, etc. This solemn charge, then, was not merely to take effect for one day, but to warn posterity through all ages …

And Joshua adjured [them] at that time
When the city was burnt and spoiled; not that he adjured the people individua…

Jericho was to be a solemn and dreadful sacrifice to God's justice, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So God decreed, from wh…