The Bible Story - Walls Of Jericho Fall - Basil Wolverton - March 1963

Basil Wolverton

It was on the tenth day of the first month (Nisan in the spring - not January in the winter) that Israel crossed the Jordan river and made camp in Canaan at a spot called Gilgal. The west border of the camp wasn't much more than a mile from Jericho, a thick-walled city swarming with enemy soldiers. (Joshua 4:19-24.) Israel's First Passover in Canaan. It had been just forty years before - minus five days - that Israel had fled from Egypt. (Exodus 12:18, 29-34, 51; Numbers 14:26-35; Deuteronomy 1:3; Joshua 5:6.) The exodus had been started after their observing the Passover. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library