Joshua 6:6

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Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh.

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Jericho was a fortified Canaanite city west of the Jordan River, near the entrance to the land Israel had entered under Joshua. In this passage, Joshua summons the priests at Jericho to begin the God-commanded procession involving the ark and trumpets, preparing for the city’s divinely ordered defeat.

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Joshua 6:6 mentions Jericho.