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Joshua 6:20

So 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.

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ASV

So 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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֣רַעvai.Ya.ra'and it shoutedH7321 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּvai.yit.ke.'Uand they gave a blastH8628 →
בַּשֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹתba.sho.fa.Roton the trumpetsH7782 →
וַיְהִי֩vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhish.Mo.a'when heardH8085 →
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963 →
הַשּׁוֹפָ֗רha.sho.Farthe trumpetH7782 →
וַיָּרִ֤יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uand they shoutedH7321 →
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
תְּרוּעָ֣הte.ru.'Aha shoutH8643 →
גְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahloudH1419 →
וַתִּפֹּ֨לva.ti.Poland it fellH5307 →
הַֽחוֹמָ֜הha.cho.Mahthe city wallH2346 →
תַּחְתֶּ֗יהָtach.Tei.hain place itsH8478 →
וַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'aland it went upH5927 →
הָעָ֤םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
הָעִ֙ירָה֙ha.'I.rahthe city towardsH5892 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
נֶגְדּ֔וֹneg.Dobefore himselfH5048 →
וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּvai.yil.ke.Duand they capturedH3920 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִֽיר׃ha.'Irthe cityH5892 →

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Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.2 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.Joshua 6:5And 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.”Psalms 111:6He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.Exodus 34:10And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.Judges 7:22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.Judges 7:20The 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!”Numbers 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.”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.Ezekiel 21:22In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.Judges 7:8So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.Jeremiah 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.Joshua 2:15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.Exodus 32:17When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”2 Chronicles 13:15and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.Ezekiel 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.

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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
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