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Joshua 6:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. "

Joshua 6:21

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19 But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD’s treasury.”

20 So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.

21 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her.”

23 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 13:15

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"you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword."

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1 Samuel 22:19

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"He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword."

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1 Maccabees 5:51

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"He destroyed all the males with the edge of the sword, razed the city, took its plunder, and passed through the city over those who were slain."

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Numbers 31:11

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"They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal."

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Deuteronomy 3:6

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"We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones."

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Joshua 11:14

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"The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed."

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Joshua 6:1

"Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in."

Joshua 6:2

"The LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor."

Joshua 6:3

"All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days."

Joshua 6:4

"Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets."

Joshua 6:5

"It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the city wall will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, every man straight in front of him.”"

Joshua 6:6

"Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD’s ark.”"

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