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* The city was burnt.
* The city was burnt.
* According to archaeologists Kenyon<ref>"The destruction was complete. Walls and floors were blackened or reddened by fire, and every room was filled with fallen bricks, timbers, and household utensils; in most rooms the fallen debris was heavily burnt, but the collapse of the walls of the eastern rooms seems to have taken place before they were affected by the fire." Kathleen Kenyon, ''Excavations at Jericho, Vol. 3: The Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Tell'', ed. Thomas A. Holland (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1981)</ref> and Wood<ref>[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2008/05/Did-the-Israelites-Conquer-Jericho-A-New-Look-at-the-Archaeological-Evidence.aspx Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho? A New Look at the Archaeological Evidence].</ref> the burning of the city was preceded by an earthquake that collapsed the city's buildings.
* According to archaeologists Kenyon<ref>"The destruction was complete. Walls and floors were blackened or reddened by fire, and every room was filled with fallen bricks, timbers, and household utensils; in most rooms the fallen debris was heavily burnt, but the collapse of the walls of the eastern rooms seems to have taken place before they were affected by the fire." Kathleen Kenyon, ''Excavations at Jericho, Vol. 3: The Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Tell'', ed. Thomas A. Holland (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1981)</ref> and Wood<ref>[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2008/05/Did-the-Israelites-Conquer-Jericho-A-New-Look-at-the-Archaeological-Evidence.aspx Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho? A New Look at the Archaeological Evidence].</ref> the burning of the city was preceded by an earthquake that collapsed the city's buildings.
==Controversy==
[[Atheists]] and other secularists typical use a cheap emotional appeal when discussing God's wrath in the Bible. E.g "do you think the babies and young children deserved to be murdered?".
But [[Biblical literalistism]] proves that if the LORD commands his people (in this case the Israelites) it is always justified, because God created [[morality]], therefore whatever he says is always moral. Even if it seems cruel, unnecessary or evil in Man's eyes. However it remains controversial due to its genocidal nature.
== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==