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Joshua 6:5

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And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Joshua 6

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The wall of the city shall fall down flat - Several commentators, both Jews and Christians, have supposed that the ground under the foundation of the walls opened, and the wall sunk into the chasm, so that there remained nothing but plain ground for the Israelites to walk over. Of this the text says nothing: - ונפלה חומת העיר תחתיה venaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, literally translated, is, The wall of the city shall fall down Under Itself; which appears to mean no more than, The wall shall fall down From Its Very Foundations.

This site's exposition

all ye men of war

on Joshua 6:3-5

Seven governs the whole instruction: seven priests, seven trumpets, six days and then seven circuits on the seventh. The horns are rams' horns, the yobel horn that Leviticus 25:9 sounds to open the jubilee, the year land returns to the family that held it, and Keil and Delitzsch make that the reason for the instrument chosen. No ramp, no siege engine and no assault order is given, and the only weapon named in the plan is a shout.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהָיָ֞הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ׀when blow

    bimshokhH4900 →

  • בְּקֶ֣רֶןon [the] horn of

    bekerenH7161 →

  • הַיּוֹבֵ֗ל<the> ram's horn

    haiyovelH3104 →27 times

  • כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙just as hear you

    keshameakhemH8085 →1159 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • ק֣וֹל[the] sound of

    kolH6963 →506 times

  • הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רthe trumpet

    hashofarH7782 →72 times

  • יָרִ֥יעוּthey will shout

    yariuH7321 →44 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • תְּרוּעָ֣הa shout

    teruahH8643 →

  • גְדוֹלָ֑הloud

    gedolahH1419 →526 times

  • וְנָ֨פְלָ֜הand it will fall

    venafelahH5307 →435 times

  • חוֹמַ֤ת[the] wall of

    chomatH2346 →133 times

  • הָעִיר֙the city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָin place its

    tachteihaH8478 →505 times

  • וְעָל֥וּand they will go up

    vealuH5927 →890 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃before himself

    negdoH5048 →151 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.11 worksHebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.8 worksJoshua 6:20So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.8 worksExodus 19:19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.6 worksNumbers 10:9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.6 worksJoshua 6:16After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 4:5When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.5 works2 Chronicles 13:14–15When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,5 works1 Samuel 17:20So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.4 worksJudges 7:20–22The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”4 works1 Samuel 17:52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.4 worksPsalms 47:5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.4 works2 Chronicles 20:21–22Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”3 worksNumbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”3 worksIsaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.2 worksIsaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.2 worksJeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.2 worksEzekiel 26:10His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:30

    By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 6:3–20

      March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

    • 2 Corinthians 10:4–5

      The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

  • Through

    Exodus 19:19

    And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 81:7

      You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

    • Exodus 19:16

      On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…

  • Through

    Joshua 6:16

    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 13:15

      and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

    • 2 Chronicles 20:22–23

      The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

    • Judges 7:20–22

      The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

  • Through

    1 Samuel 4:5

    When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.

    it leads to

    • Job 20:5

      the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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