Joshua 6:5
And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram`s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
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Exodus 19:19And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Joshua 6:20So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Judges 20:37And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 17:20dummy verses inserted by amos
2 Chronicles 13:14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
Isaiah 25:12And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:2-6
The Siege of Jericho. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times,… Read the whole commentary →