King James Version
What Does Hebrews 11:30 Mean?
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.”
Context
28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
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By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. that: or, that were disobedient
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And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **Seven days.**—It is the persistence of Israel’s obedience (in the midst, we cannot doubt, of the unmeasured contempt and ridicule of their foes) during the seven days of almost total inaction (Joshua 6) that is here brought into relief.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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