1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Joshua 4:13 | And forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho. | Bands. Hebrew, "prepared for war passed over, before the Lord, unto battle, to the plains of Jericho." (Haydock) --- These formed the van-guard. --- Plains. Hebrew harboth, which is translated desert, Jeremias 52:8. A large plain, fit for pasturage, extended from the city to the Jordan, on the east side. (Calmet) |