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Joshua 10:18

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Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;

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Joshua 10:18 in other translations

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

Joshua 10:18 · American Standard Version

Joshua 10:18 in context

  1. 16These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
  2. 17Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
  3. 18Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;
  4. 19but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.”
  5. 20When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,