Well attestedNamed from the place
Jericho walk
noun · first attested 20th century
Congregations still march the route of a siege from the Book of Joshua.
A prayer procession that circles a building or site, often seven times, asking for a breakthrough.
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- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Jericho walk
The practice reenacts Joshua 6, in which Israelite priests circle Jericho for seven days until the walls fall, and churches now walk the same circuit around homes, hospitals, and city blocks. Excavation at Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, has not produced evidence matching the biblical siege.
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