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| "But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." |
| Joshua 24:15 |
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"Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God." Joshua 3:9
 Evidence found to Support Joshua and Jericho!
The Israelites burned the city and everything in it (Joshua 6:24). Once again, the discoveries of Archaeology have verified the truth of this record. A portion of the city destroyed by the Israelites was excavated on the east side of the tell. Wherever the archaeologists reached this level they found a layer of burned ash and debris about one metre (three feet) thick. Kenyon described the massive devastation as follows.
‘The destruction was complete. Walls and floors were blackened or reddened by fire, and every room was filled with fallen bricks, timbers, and household utensils; in most rooms the fallen debris was heavily burnt, but the collapse of the walls of the eastern rooms seems to have taken place before they were affected by the fire.’ (8)
Both Garstang and Kenyon found many storage jars full of grain that had been caught in the fiery destruction. This is a unique find in the annals of archaeology. Grain was valuable, not only as a source of food, but also as a commodity, which could be bartered. Under normal circumstances, valuables such as grain would have been plundered by the conquerors. Why was the grain left at Jericho? The Bible provides the answer. Joshua commanded the Israelites that the city and all that is in it were to be dedicated to the Lord (Joshua 6:17), lit. Heb.).
The grain left at Jericho and found by archaeologists in modern times gives graphic testimony to the obedience of the Israelites nearly three-and-a-half millennia ago. Only Achan disobeyed, leading to the debacle at Ai described in Joshua 7.
| There is an amazing piece of evidence to support this. A letter has been found, written by a man named Abdi-Hiba, Governor of Jerusalem, to Pharaoh Akhenaten who reigned between 1387 and 1366 B.C., requesting aid from Egypt in fighting the approaching Hebrews. The letter states the following: |
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"Why do you not hear my plea? All the governors are lost; the king, my lord, does not have a single governor left! Let my lord, the king, send troops of archers, or the king will have no lands left. "All the lands of the king are being plundered by the Habiru (Hebrews). If archers are here by the end of the year, then the lands of my lord, the king, will continue to exist; but if the archers are not sent, then the lands of the king, my lord, will be surrendered."
Joshua:Joshua 24:29 states that he lived to be 110 years old, which means he would have died around 1352 B.C. And according to historians, the Abdi-Hiba letter was written between 1387 and 1366 B.C., right in the middle of Joshua's conquest of Canaan. | |
In ancient times, a thick wall placed around a city was almost impossible to breach. A traditional approach was to lay siege to the city and starve them into submission. Or an army could spend weeks trying to mine under the walls, breach them with rams, or scale them with towers or ladders.
THE STORY OF JOSHUA and JERICHO 
There was a city close to the Jordan River. The city's name was Jericho.
There were huge walls around the city.
The people of Jericho had heard what happen on the Jordan River and they became afraid of the Israelites. They locked up thier gates tightly, not allowing anyone in or out of the city. The Lord said to Joshua, "I will help you get into the city. Your army is to walk around the city once a day for six days followed by seven priests walking ahead of the Ark. On the seventh day, you are to walk around the city seven times with the priests blowing trumpets. All the people are to shout loudly. The walls will fall and then you can go in."
(They camped around the outside of the walls)
Joshua called the army together and told them what the Lord had said.
Every day at dawn, for six days, the army left the camp. They walked around the city followed by the priests walking ahead of the Ark. On the seventh day, at dawn they left the camp as usual. On this day, instead of walking around the city one time, they walked around seven times. The army first, followed by the priests with their trumpets, walking ahead of the Ark.
After they had walked around the seventh time, the priest gave a loud blast on their trumpets.
Everyone shouted as loudly as they could, " The Lord has given us this city." With that the walls began shaking, crumbling and tumbling down.
The people inside were so alarmed!
They didn't know what to do. They began running. They scattered everywhere. The Israelites just walked into the city. God was with them.
Group B plays any instrument in Rhythm with the notes as Group A plays the Melody to this exercise.
Remember a Plus + is a BLACK KEY. It looks like the Cross that Jesus was placed upon for our Sins. It adds, goes up to the next key to the right. Like us putting together in unity, the Two elements of music like Mr. Clef talks about below. Rhtym and Melody. We will play the song Josh fought the Battle of Jerico in two parts also but yet together, in UNITY. Group A. will play the melody, Group B. Will play the Rhythm in a simple pattern of 4. strikes of their biblical musical instrument.
(VISIT the MIDI ROOM to download a midi file of this song for you to use. You may only make one copy and it is not to be sold for profit or recorded other then the way you download it. See Terms of USE and COPYRIGHT information for more details)
2+ is a black key.
Credit and permission: Funny numbers throughout this program are the property of Mark A. Hicks. Posted information on Credit's Page.
  
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