THE WALL
After the death of Moses, Joshua became the spiritual leader and commander who God chose to bring the Israelites into the land of promise after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. The first great obstacle that the Hebrews encountered after their miraculous crossing of the Jordan River was the city of Jericho. Jericho was a formidable city with a stone wall that presented a difficult challenge to Joshua and his army. This city was a key to the conquest of Canaan in that it defended the central hill country and the other cities of the region. Joshua had sent spies into the city to survey its defenses and had learned among other things that the people were terrified of the Israelites and their God because of all they had heard that the Lord had done for them. God spoke to Joshua and told him, "See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour." (Joshua 6:2). Moreover, the Lord appeared to Joshua in the plain of Jericho