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Yehoshua 6: Shock and Awe
“Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down…” (https://youtu.be/IsEmF9urYDk). The story of the conquest of Jericho is one of the Bible stories that is famous beyond Judaism, including a popular Christian hymn describing the heroic battle (performed by Elvis in the linked clip). The story itself is a combination of a variety of strategies concocted by God and Joshua to announce the Israelite arrival in the land of Canaan in a way that served multiple purposes.
The first was to strike fear in the hearts and minds of the local population. Jericho was known as a city with…
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