Joshua 6:15-16
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[15] It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times. [16] It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you the city.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJericho was a fortified Canaanite city in the Jordan Valley, near the Israelites’ entry into the promised land. Its seven-day encirclement climaxed here as Israel obeyed God’s command, showing that the city’s fall depended on the Lord’s power rather than military strength.
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Joshua 6:15-16 mentions Jericho.
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