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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-02-23  |  2.7 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  1 minute, 3 seconds
Transcription: As for the residents of Canaan, who had long heard about the Israelites' plan to conquer the Promised Land, they braced for the worst. Citizens of Jericho, the first city in the invaders' path, barricaded themselves behind stone walls and awaited the feared onslaught. But how did the vaunted Israelites spend their first week in Canaan? They built a stone monument to God, performed circumcision rituals, and held a Passover celebration, not the sort of behavior you'd expect from a conquering army. The incidents recorded in Joshua seemed specially selected to strike home the point that God, no on ...