Иерихон в Библии: что означает это название и каков духовный смысл Иерихона



  • Jericho was the first city Israel took in the promised land, and God told Joshua “I have given into thine hand Jericho” before the march began (Joshua 6:2).
  • No one is sure what the Hebrew name Yericho means: Strong’s offers a root meaning the moon or one meaning “fragrant”, and Scripture calls it “the city of palm trees”.
  • Израильтяне обходили город один раз в день в течение шести дней и семь раз на седьмой день, и стена пала от крика; Послание к Евреям 11:30 приписывает это вере.
  • Rahab, who hid Joshua’s spies, was spared with her family and is praised in Hebrews 11:31 and James 2:25; at Jericho Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus and stayed with Zacchaeus, saying “This day is salvation come to this house”.
  • A “Jericho” or Siege of Jericho is a seven-day prayer devotion modelled on Joshua 6; in its Catholic form it is continuous Eucharistic adoration for seven days and nights.
  • Археологи до сих пор спорят, был ли Иерихон разрушен около 1550 г. до н. э., как считала Кэтлин Кеньон, или около 1400 г. до н. э., как утверждал Брайант Вуд в 1990 году.

Jericho is the first city Israel took in the promised land, and in the Bible it stands for a gift: a city handed to God’s people before they had struck a blow. Its walls fell at a shout (Joshua 6), Rahab found mercy there amid judgment, and Jesus stopped there for a blind beggar and a tax collector. The whole story turns on a verb in the past tense. Before Israel had walked once around the walls, the LORD told…

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