Sapate Sepitema 26, 2021
Shout, for the Lord has given you the city
na‘a nau kai ‘a e fua ‘o Kēnani ‘i he ta‘u ko ia
Siosiua 6 (Joshua 6)
(v. 15-16) Pea ‘i he hoko hono ‘aho fitu, na‘a nau ‘a hengihengi ‘i he ma‘a ‘a e ‘aho, ‘o nau ‘alu takai ki he kolo, ‘i hono tu‘utu‘uni ko ia, ‘o tu‘o fitu; ko e ‘aho pē ko ia na‘e tu‘o fitu ‘enau fakatakamilo ‘a e kolo. Pea ‘i he faifai pea hoko hono tu‘o fitu, mo e ifi ‘e he kau taula‘eiki ‘enau talupite, pea toki pehē ‘e Siosiua ki he kakai, Mou kaila; he kuo tuku ‘e Sihova ‘a e kolo kiate kimoutolu.
(v. 15-16) On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times. And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land.
It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impress on these hosts their own absolute weakness than the method of their first victory. Those marching hosts and those blatant horns were patently utterly inadequate to the work of capturing a city, and by the standards of all ordinary human methods of warfare they were the instruments of foolishness.
Surely the tremendous lesson thus taught at the beginning was that victory must come not by might and not by power Yet it is equally true that what happened taught these people their absolute invincibility so long as they were trusting and obedient.
The peril of the lust of plunder was before them and they were solemnly warned against yielding to it.
The days passed as the hosts marched, and at last through the folly of the human method the divine power operated and Jericho was captured. The salvation of Rahab illustrates for all time the principle upon which men may be saved. It is faith in God, and here as always faith is seen to be conviction yielded to rather than rebelled against.
David Guzik :: Study Guide for Joshua 6
But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times. And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!
On the seventh day: This march took place over a period of seven days, meaning that Israel had to have marched on a Sabbath; but this would be a work of God's sovereign grace and power, not of human works.
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