Reading for September 30th

Read Joshua 6.1-21
In 6.1-21: the capture of Jericho.
In verse 1: The problem facing Israel is Jericho's impregnable defensive wall.
In verse 2: An assurance of victory was part of holy war tradition (8.1; 10.8).
In verse 3: Israel is to engage in a ceremonial siege.
In verse 5: A long blast on a trumpet will signal the attack, and a great shout will initiate it (vv. 16, 20).
Both are part of the holy war tradition.
In verses 8-9: The order of march is armed men followed by seven priests with trumpets, then the ark, and finally a rear guard.
In verse 18: To take any of the devoted things would have put Israel itself under the ban (an object for destruction) by the principle of contagion.
This will be Achan's crime (7.21).
In verse 20: Israel makes an assault from all sides at once.
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