“So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat; so the people charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.”
In this image, by choosing to foreground the citizens of Jericho instead of the Israelites, the artist highlights the moral ambiguity that features throughout the book of Joshua.
If you would like to consider more about how we should read the book of Joshua, the video below offers some potential insights. For those who would like to dive deeper, the book The Joshua Delusion? offers an interesting perspective.
Bible Passage: Joshua 1 - 11
My Big Story Bible: Pages 60 - 62