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One of the most remarkable feature of the encirclement of Jericho concerns the repeating motif of the number seven: seven priests, seven rams\u2019 horns, seven days of circling the city, and the culminating act of circling seven times on the seventh day as the walls come tumbling down. The \u201cseven\u201d theme is found elsewhere, typically in the case of hallowed times. Thus, the weekly Sabbath (mirrored perhaps in the seven-branched Menora of the Tabernacle and Temple \u2014 see Ex. 25:31) is celebrated on the seventh day, the national holidays of Passover in the spring and Sukkot in the fall (separated by exactly seven months) are of seven days\u2019 duration, and seven weeks link the observance of Passover to the celebration of Shavuot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The motif of seven also recalls the agricultural calendar that is spelled out in Leviticus 25:1-24, in which six years of planting and harvesting are followed by a seventh year of release. Seven such cycles constituting forty-nine years are followed by the remarkable year of the Jubilee, during which all ancestral lands excepting those of walled cities revert to their original owners and all bonded servants are set free to return to their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

In all of the above cases, the number seven constitutes a complete cycle whose progress must be directed towards God. The motif of seven in our context affirms to the Israelites that victory is God\u2019s alone, for they will prevail not by force but rather by His decree. Although Joshua and his army are enjoined to exercise autonomy, to employ military strategy, to carefully plan, and to cautiously execute their plans, the day, in the end, will be won by God\u2019s intervention. <\/span><\/p>\n

By indicating that the victory over Jericho is God\u2019s alone, the army of Israel comes to appreciate that their campaign must be waged for more noble causes than power and plunder, the twin pillars of \u201cjustified\u201d warfare in the ancient world. No wonder that in this paradigmatic battle against the Canaanites, Joshua vigorously pronounces an otherwise inexplicable ban against their bodies and possessions. <\/span><\/p>\n

The people of Israel are to take no booty from the spoils of Jericho, no human slaves to do their bidding, no precious possessions to fill their coffers, no material souvenirs of their crushing victory. Instead, all proceeds of the enemy are to be consecrated to God and to His Tabernacle. <\/span><\/p>\n

from: <\/span>Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land <\/span><\/i>(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); chapter: The Fall of Jericho.<\/span><\/p>\n

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