The Walls of Jericho That Were Swallowed Into the Earth

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 15:21

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"And the wall fell down" (Joshua 6:20). Our rabbis taught: One who sees the wall of Jericho that was swallowed up must recite a blessing. But did it not fall, as it is written, "And the wall fell down"? Since its breadth and its height became equal to one another, for that reason it was swallowed, being swallowed up [into the ground].

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