Bible Cross References
Jericho
Joshua 6:2-21
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The LORD said to Joshua, "I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers.
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You and your soldiers are to march around the city once a day for six days.
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Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets.
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Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."
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Joshua called the priests and told them, "Take the Covenant Box, and seven of you go in front of it, carrying trumpets."
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Then he ordered the people to start marching around the city, with an advance guard going on ahead of the LORD's Covenant Box.
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So, just as Joshua had ordered, an advance guard started out ahead of the priests who were blowing trumpets; behind these came the priests who were carrying the Covenant Box, followed by a rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
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But Joshua had ordered the people not to shout, not to say a word until he gave the order.
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So he had this group of men take the LORD's Covenant Box around the city one time. Then they came back to camp and spent the night there.
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Joshua got up early the next morning, and for the second time the priests and soldiers marched around the city in the same order as the day before: first, the advance guard; next, the seven priests blowing the seven trumpets; then, the priests carrying the LORD's Covenant Box; and finally, the rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
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On this second day they again marched around the city one time and then returned to camp. They did this for six days.
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On the seventh day they got up at daybreak and marched seven times around the city in the same way---this was the only day that they marched around it seven times.
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The seventh time around, when the priests were about to sound the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people to shout, and he said, "The LORD has given you the city!
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The city and everything in it must be totally destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only the prostitute Rahab and her household will be spared, because she hid our spies.
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But you are not to take anything that is to be destroyed; if you do, you will bring trouble and destruction on the Israelite camp.
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Everything made of silver, gold, bronze, or iron is set apart for the LORD. It is to be put in the LORD's treasury."
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So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it.
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With their swords they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
Ai
Joshua 8:1
The LORD said to Joshua, "Take all the soldiers with you and go on up to Ai. Don't be afraid or discouraged. I will give you victory over the king of Ai; his people, city, and land will be yours.
Joshua 8:17
Every man in Ai went after the Israelites, and the city was left wide open, with no one to defend it.
Joshua 8:29-35
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He hanged the king of Ai from a tree and left his body there until evening. At sundown Joshua gave orders for the body to be removed, and it was thrown down at the entrance to the city gate. They covered it with a huge pile of stones, which is still there today.
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Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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He made it according to the instructions that Moses, the LORD's servant, had given the Israelites, as it says in the Law of Moses: "an altar made of stones which have not been cut with iron tools." On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD, and they also presented their fellowship offerings.
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There, with the Israelites looking on, Joshua made on the stones a copy of the Law which Moses had written.
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The Israelites, with their leaders, officers, and judges, as well as the foreigners among them, stood on two sides of the LORD's Covenant Box, facing the levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and the other half with their backs to Mount Ebal. The LORD's servant Moses had commanded them to do this when the time came for them to receive the blessing.
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Joshua then read aloud the whole Law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the book of the Law.
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Every one of the commandments of Moses was read by Joshua to the whole gathering, which included women and children, as well as the foreigners living among them.