Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
"Nothing can more raise a man’s reputation, nor make him appear more truly great, than to have the evidences of God’s presence with him." [Note: Matthew Henry, An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, p. 34.] 