Joshua 6:5

And it shall be that when ye shall sound with the trumpet, + 6:5 Gr. let all the people, etc.all the people shall shout together. And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall + 6:5 Or, of their own accord.of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, 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 ascend up every man straight before him.

In Context

6And Joshua the son of Naue went in to the priests,

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Cross References

Exodus 19:19And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.

Joshua 6:20And the priests sounded with the trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all the people went up into the city:

Judges 20:37And when they retreated, then the liers in wait rose up, and they + 20:37 Gr. extended themselves.moved on toward Gabaa, and the whole ambush came forth, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 17:20And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep to a keeper, and took and went as Jessae commanded him, and he came to the trench and to the army as it was going out to fight, and they shouted for the battle.

2 Chronicles 13:14And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle was against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

Isaiah 25:12And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down even to the ground.

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 →

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