Joshua 6:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And ox, and sheep, and ass. — Even the animals must be destroyed, that Israel might not seem to be slaughtering the Canaanites for the sake of plunder. Everything was ordered in such a way as to mark the vengeance of God.

Joshua 6:21

21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.