Nisan 23 – Jericho – Day 2 – Today in the Bible

Nisan 23 – Jericho – Day 2

May 1, 2024

Nisan 23, 5784; from sunset April 30, 2024, to sunset May 1, 2024

This is the name Yehoshua (Joshua); Joshua means “The LORD Saves.” The top image was written ~2,000 years ago and was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The bottom image was written ~1,000 years ago and is from the Aleppo Codex (the Crown of Aleppo). The top image was written on a scroll, possibly in Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The bottom is in a bound manuscript, written in Tiberias, near the Sea of Galilee, which later made its way to Aleppo (Syria). The Aleppo Codex is now housed in the Shrine of the Book alongside the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Today in the Bible, according to Jewish tradition, is the second day that Joshua and the children of Israel marched around the city of Jericho. We’ll be making a brief check-in with them daily until the day the walls come tumbling down.

Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the LORD and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets kept sounding. So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. – Joshua 6:12-14 (NIB)

To read all of our posts about Joshua, please click on the image above.