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 until they  wholly  failed. Then all  the  people  passed  over  through the channel  that  was  dried  up. They pitched  their  tents  before Jericho. On the  following  day  they  celebrated  the  Pasch,  and having eaten  of  the  fruits  of  the  earth,  the  manna  ceased  to  fall.



Jericho (Fig.  37) was  a strongly  fortified  city,  capable  of offering  a long  resistance. The children  of  Israel  wished  to  take it, but  they  lost  courage  when  they  saw  the  height  and  strength  of the  ramparts. But the  Lord,  seeing  their  want  of  confidence,  ordered Josue to  bring  together  all  the  fighting  men  of  Israel,  and  to march  in  deep  silence  around  the  city  once  a day  for  six  days, and on  the  seventh  day  go  around  the  city  seven  times;  and at the  last  time,  all  the  people,  on  hearing  the  priests  that