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Chapter six records the famous defeat of Jericho, the Israelites’ first victory in Canaan. At the end of chapter five, God appeared to Joshua to tell him that the army of Heaven was there. In Joshua 6:1-5, God informed Joshua how God would defeat Jericho. The instructions for the Israelite army to walk around the […]
Chapter five concludes the preparations necessary before the Israelites could begin their conquest of Canaan. In Joshua 5:2-9 a bit of history was necessary. The physical sign of God’s covenant that set Abraham apart from the nations around him was the circumcision of his sons (Genesis 17:9-14). The Israelites had done this for 600 years,
Chapter four continues the account from chapter three. God had told Joshua that there needed to be a visible reminder of this event for the succeeding generations to look at and remember what God had done for them that day (Joshua 4:1-7). To accomplish this, God had each of the twelve tribes select one of
