We think we remember this story from Sunday School. The priests and armed troops circle Jericho for six days, and on the seventh, the whole host of people circle Jericho seven times. The horns are blown, the people shout, and the walls come tumblin' down.
And then "...the people charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.21Then they devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys."
How do you deal with the massive killing in some of the books of Hebrew scripture?
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| Walls of Jericho falling down |
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