Joshua · Chapter 5 King James Version

Joshua 5:6

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The Scripture

(6) For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Joshua leads the Israelites to cross the Jordan River, and the waters part, allowing them to enter the Promised Land. The chapter records the victory over the Canaanite city of Jericho, showing God's power and the people's obedience.

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