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They burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Yahweh.
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A Sacrifice to God's Justice
Matthew Henry explains that the total destruction of Jericho was not arbitrary but a "solemn and dreadful sacrifice to God's justice." The inhabitants had "filled up the measure of their sins," and their lives were forfeited to God. This event serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences of persistent, unrepentant sin and the reality of divine judgment.
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Joshua
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein As Babylon the great, o…
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…
