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They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
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A Judgment, Not a Raid
Commentators explain that the total destruction of Jericho, including its animals, was a direct command from God. This was not an act of plunder for Israel's enrichment. By destroying the livestock, which was a primary source of wealth, Israel demonstrated that they were acting as agents of divine judgment, not as conquerors seeking personal gain. The event is described as the 'vengeance of God' and a 'solemn sacrifice to God's justice.'
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Joshua
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19th Century
Anglican
And ox, and sheep, and ass. —Even the animals must be destroyed, that Israel might not seem to be slaughtering the Canaanites for the sake…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city All the inhabitants of it, by the direction of Joshua, and acc…
Presbyterian
Jericho was to be a solemn and dreadful sacrifice to God's justice, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So God decreed, from wh…
