Joshua 6:1
“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.”
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.”
“And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.”
“And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.”
“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
“Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,”