Joshua 6:15, 22-23 - On the 7th day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city 7 times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city 7 times.
Joshua said to the 2 men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her." So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
I wonder how big Jericho was. Some have said it was only the equivalent of several modern day city blocks. I wonder if the Israelite army entirely encompassed it as they marched around it. I wonder how spooky it must have felt inside the city. I wonder how long it took to march around Jericho one time (or 7 times).
I wonder why the 2 spies are never named. Almost everyone else who does something significant -- good or bad -- gets credit for it by name. Why not these 2 young men?
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