then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.
Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. “At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”
Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;
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