Joshua 6:20
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.
KJV
Igitur omni populo vociferante, et clangentibus tubis, postquam in aures multitudinis vox sonitusque increpuit, muri illico corruerunt : et ascendit unusquisque per locum qui contra se erat : ceperuntque civitatem,
Vulgate
καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖς σάλπιγξιν οἱ ἱερεῖς· ὡς δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸς τῶν σαλπίγγων, ἠλάλαξεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἅμα ἀλαλαγμῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ. καὶ ἔπεσεν ἅπαν τὸ τεῖχος κύκλῳ, καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֣רַע הָ/עָ֔ם וַֽ/יִּתְקְע֖וּ בַּ/שֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹת וַ/יְהִי֩ כִ/שְׁמֹ֨עַ הָ/עָ֜ם אֶת ק֣וֹל הַ/שּׁוֹפָ֗ר וַ/יָּרִ֤יעוּ הָ/עָם֙ תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַ/תִּפֹּ֨ל הַֽ/חוֹמָ֜ה תַּחְתֶּ֗י/הָ וַ/יַּ֨עַל הָ/עָ֤ם הָ/עִ֨ירָ/ה֙ אִ֣ישׁ נֶגְדּ֔/וֹ וַֽ/יִּלְכְּד֖וּ אֶת הָ/עִֽיר
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Heb 11:30 · allusion"By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days."Joshua: the walls of Jericho fell — by faith
Typology
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Joshua's conquest of Canaan (the crossing of the Jordan, fall of Jericho, the allotment of the land) and the period of the Judges (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson). Josephus follows the biblical narrative closely while harmonizing chronological difficulties.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- Exod 34:10 — And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the w
- Heb 11:30 — By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
- Josh 6:5 — 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 shal
- Josh 6:5 — 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 shal
- Judg 7:20 — And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD,
- Judg 7:22 — And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeh
- Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
- Ps 111:6 — He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.