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Jericho is shut tightly against Israel, but the LORD declares the city given into Joshua’s hand and commands an unconventional seven-day procession around it. On the seventh day, after seven circuits and a trumpet blast, the people shout and the wall falls. Jericho is placed under the ban, Rahab and her household are spared according to the spies’ oath, and Joshua pronounces a curse on anyone who rebuilds the city’s fortifications.
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