Joshua And Battle Of Jericho

The fall of jericho.

Joshua and battle of jericho. Here is another gem from my vhs archives. Our gospel queen mahalia jackson as she appeared in 1957 singing on the nat king cole show. Scouts from the israelites crept into the walled city of jericho and hid at the house of rahab noted as a prostitute. He also learned firsthand that god is always with us and there s nothing we have.

This was the first conquest of the israelites as they set out to win the land of canaan. The battle of jericho joshua 1 1 6 25 featured one of the most astounding miracles in the bible proving that god stood with the israelites. According to joshua 6 1 27 the walls of jericho fell after the israelites marched around the city walls once a day for six days and seven times on the seventh day then blew their trumpets. The song is believed to have been composed by slaves in the first half of the 19th century.

The captain of the lord s host explained to joshua how the next few days would play out. Some references suggest that it was copyrighted by jay roberts in 1865. Joshua was to send the soldiers of israel marching around jericho one time a day for the next six days. The battle of jericho is an incident from the book of joshua being the first battle fought by the israelites in the course of the conquest of canaan.

13 now when joshua was near jericho he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. After the death of moses god chose joshua son of nun to be the leader of the israelite people. The bible story of the battle of jericho is found in the book of joshua chapter six. Plan and execution joshua 6.

Listen to that voice so. 2 then the lord said to joshua see i have delivered jericho into your hands along with its king and its fighting men. Joshua fit the battle of jericho or alternatively joshua fought de battle of jericho is a well known african american spiritual. Joshua 6 new international version niv 6 now the gates of jericho were securely barred because of the israelites.

Excavations at tell es sultan the biblical jericho have failed to substantiate this story which has its origins in the nationalist propaganda of much. The priests were to go behind the soldiers blowing seven trumpets of ram s horns before the ark. No one went out and no one came in. Joshua went up to him and asked are you for us or for our enemies 14 neither he replied but as commander of the army of the lord i have now come.