Joshua 6 in the early church
[Vulgate: Josue]
95 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joshua 6, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 22 · 25 · 27
Joshua 6:1
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:1 | Dialogue with Trypho 62.5 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Josh 6:1–21 | On Idolatry 19 · Tertullian | allusion, low confidence | ca. 196–211 |
| Josh 6:1–21 | Against the Jews 4 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| Josh 6:1–20 | Demonstration 13.12 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Josh 6:1 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 4.17 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | ca. 370 |
| Josh 6:1–21 | Against Jovinianus 1.21 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| Josh 6:1–20 | Tractates 11 · Gaudentius of Brescia | allusion, high confidence | ca. 397-410 |
| Josh 6:1–15 | Joshua, lines 125–149 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Josh 6:1–21 | Part 2, chapter 15 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
Joshua 6:2
And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:2 | Dialogue with Trypho 62.5 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
Joshua 6:3
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:3 | On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau | allusion, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Josh 6:3 | Altercatio, chapter 3, speech 2 · Evagrius of Gaul | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| Josh 6:3 | Poem 26, lines 99–129 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| Josh 6:3–4 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 27 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
Joshua 6:4
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:4 | Against Marcion 2.21 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Josh 6:4 | Against Marcion 4.12 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Josh 6:4 | Homilies on Joshua 1.4 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 6:4 | Homilies on Joshua 7.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 6:4 | Homilies on Joshua 7.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 6:4 | On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau | allusion, medium confidence | late 3rd century |
| Josh 6:4 | Oration 41.4 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Josh 6:4 | Altercatio, chapter 3, speech 2 · Evagrius of Gaul | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400 |
Joshua 6:5
And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:5 | Homilies on Joshua 6.4 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 6:15
Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:15 | Treatise on the Mysteries 2.8.4 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–366 |
| Josh 6:15–20 | Question 61, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Josh 6:15 | Altercatio, chapter 3, speech 2 · Evagrius of Gaul | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| Josh 6:15 | Homilies on Matthew 39.2 · John Chrysostom | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| Josh 6:15 | Poem 26, lines 99–129 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| Josh 6:15–20 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.31 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Joshua 6:16
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:16–27 | Joshua, lines 150–174 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Joshua 6:17
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:17 | Homilies on Joshua 6.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 6:18
But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:18 | Homilies on Joshua 7.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 6:19
For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:19 | Homilies on Joshua 7.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 6:19 | Letter 46.1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Josh 6:19 | Letter 47.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
Joshua 6:20
So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
Joshua 6:22
Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:22–25 | Part 2, chapter 15 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
Joshua 6:25
And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
Joshua 6:27
So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 6:27 | Commentary on Romans 3.8 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Josh 6:27 | Prophetic Extracts 1.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |