Read the text of Yehoshua 6
Bullet Point Summary
Yehoshua Perek 6
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Hashem tells Yehoshua the plan to take over Yericho, the fortified city:
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All the soldiers should circle around Yericho for six days.
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Seven kohanim should follow the Aron Hakodesh while holding Shofars.
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On the seventh day, they should circle Yericho seven times.
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They should blow the shofar on that last day and the soldiers should be commanded to make a lot of noise. Then the walls of Yericho will fall directly into the ground.
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Yehoshua carried out Hashem’s plan with the Jewish army.
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Yehoshua commanded his soldiers not take from the spoils of war. Yehoshua pronounced all the spoils of war kodesh for Hashem.
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The army was commanded to protect Rachav.
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Calev and Pinchas saved Rachav’s family, bringing her back to Klal Yisroel. Yehoshua set Yericho ablaze and went to war against them. Yericho was defeated.
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Yehoshua put a curse on anyone who would try to rebuild Yericho.
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Yehoshua’s fame spread throughout the land.