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Jericho as 'First Fruits'
Commentators explain that Jericho, as the first city conquered in Canaan, was uniquely "devoted" to God as a "first fruits" offering. This act symbolized that Israel received the entire land as a gift from God. By consecrating the first victory entirely to Him—destroying the city and dedicating its treasures to the sanctuary—the people acknowledged God as the true conqueror.
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 6:17
18th Century
Theologian
Accursed - Better, as in the margin, ('devoted' (see the note on Leviticus 27:28)). In other cases, only the inhabitants of the towns were k…
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 6:17
19th Century
Bishop
The city shall be accursed. — Hebrew, shall be chêrem, “a devoted or accursed thing”; and so in Joshua 6:18, from the…
John Calvin
On Joshua 6:17
16th Century
Theologian
And the city shall be accursed, etc. Although God had determined not only to enrich his people with spoil and plunder, but also to settle …
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John Gill
On Joshua 6:17
17th Century
Pastor
And the city shall be accursed
Or, be a "cherem", devoted to the Lord, as it follows:
[even] it a…
Matthew Henry
On Joshua 6:17–27
17th Century
Minister
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…