Joshua 6:21 meaning and explanation
At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Joshua 6:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua 6:21 reports the fulfillment of the herem, the Hebrew word for what is devoted or set apart for God, which in this campaign meant total destruction. The command came through Joshua after the LORD declared Jericho delivered into Israel's hand, and verse 17 had already placed the city and everything in it under this ban.
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