The angel of the Lord, the commander of the heavenly army, now gives battle instructions to Joshua. The first thing he says is: ‘I have given Jericho into your hand.’ The tense of the verb here is one of completed action; it is not I ‘will’ give Jericho to you, but I ‘have’ given it to you. The conquest of the city is a done deal! The angel then lays out the plan of attack. The conquest of the city will take seven days. On the first six days a procession will