OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 4:13

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About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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Verse 13. Bands. Hebrew “prepared for war passed over, before the Lord, unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.” Bible.—These formed the van-guard.—Plains. Hebrew harboth, which is translated desert. Jeremiah 52:8. A large plain, fit for pasturage, extended from the city to the Jordan, on the east side. Calmet.

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