Joshua 6:20

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So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

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Key themes

Justice and mercyPeaceInheritanceRest

Read with

Joshua 6:17 Joshua 6:18 Micah 6:8 Amos 5:24

Glossary

Jericho Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Sultan.
City People: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).