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What does Joshua 10:18 mean?
"Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;"
— Joshua 10:18 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;
but 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.”
When 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,
all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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