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Joshua 16:7

New American Bible - revised edition

from there it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and reaching Jericho, it ended at the Jordan.

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Their property and their dwellings were in Bethel and its towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its towns to the west, and also Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns.

Setting out from the Abarim range, they camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

and thence to the sea. From Michmethath on the north, their boundary curved eastward around Taanath-shiloh, and continued east of it to Janoah;

the waters flowing from upstream halted, standing up in a single heap for a very great distance indeed, from Adam, a city in the direction of Zarethan; those flowing downstream toward the Salt Sea of the Arabah disappeared entirely. Thus the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Now Jericho was in a state of siege because of the presence of the Israelites. No one left or entered.

On that occasion Joshua imposed the oath: Cursed before the Lord be the man who attempts to rebuild this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn will he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son will he set up its gates.




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