0 Joshua : Science

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 6:21

Trivia: In Joshua 5, Joshua met a man with a sword near Jericho. Who was the man?

Joshua : Science (4)

  1. It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than a few weeks. 5:6
  2. This verse says that Ai was never again occupied after it was destroyed by Joshua. But Nehemiah (7:32) lists it among the cities of Israel at the time of the Babylonian captivity. 8:28
  3. In a divine type of daylight savings time, God makes the sun stand still so that Joshua can get all his killing done before dark. 10:12-13
  4. "And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which as of the remnant of the giants." 12:4, 13:12

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