So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they […]
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the […]
Immediately preceeding this passage is the Israelite’s defeat at Ai. They had been forbidden to help themselves to the spoil from the Battle of Jericho, but one of their number had nevertheless done so. Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the […]
