place
Jericho
also: Jerikó, Jericho
Jericho, the fortified Canaanite city whose walls fell miraculously at the trumpet-blast of Joshua's army (Joshua 6); Józsué's closing battle-cry — 'to the gate of Jericho' — is the drama's final image, linking the end of Moses's era to the beginning of Joshua's.
Reading notes
- Moses §5 Jericho
Jericho, the fortified Canaanite city whose walls fell to the Israelites' trumpet-blast (Joshua 6); Józsué's final battle-cry — 'to the gate of Jericho' — closes the drama with the implied promise that what Moses began will now be completed.