Joshua 5-6

Joshua 5

Joshua 5:1 – Kings’ hearts melted
- They were terrified of the Israelites!
Joshua 5:2-8 – Circumcision
- It did not make military sense to do this at this time, but God put fear into their enemies and they did not attack.
- Leviticus 12:3 – Circumcision was supposed to be an ongoing law, but it had not been followed.
- Joshua trusted that God would protect them while the army healed.
Joshua 5:9 – Gilgal
- God is calling this out as a new beginning.
Joshua 5:10 – Passover
- See Exodus 12:6. It’s not clear that the Passover had been observed since they left Mt. Sinia. Going by Exodus 12:25, it’s possible that observance was not to begin until they entered Canaan.
Joshua 5:11-12 – Manna ceased
- The manna continued from Exodus 16 to Joshua 5. If you multiply it out, God provided at least 50 billion meals!
- Now they would eat the produce of the land.
Joshua 5:13-15 – Captain of the Lord’s host

Joshua 6:1-5 – God gave them Jericho, but they had to meet His conditions.
Joshua 6:6-9 – Modern day Tell es-Sultan could be the site of ancient Jericho. It is one of the most excavated archaeological sites in the world.
Joshua 6:15-21 – The walls of Jericho fall and the Israelites take the city.
Joshua 6:22-27 – Rahab and her family are spared.
- Joshua 6:27 – Joshua’s curse was fulfilled in I Kings 16:34 when Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt the city, losing his firstborn and youngest son in the process.

	Jericho	Salvation
God gives it	Joshua 6:2: “I have given Jericho into your hand”	Ephesians 2:8: “it is the gift of God”
You didn’t earn it	Deuteronomy 9:6: “it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land”	Ephesians 2:8-9 – “not of yourselves … not as a result of works, so that no one may boast”
And yet there are conditions	Joshua 6:2: “You shall march around the city …”	Matthew 7:21: “he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter”