The command of the Lord regarding how the fall of Jericho should be brought about is given in these verses in a condensed form. Further details (se…

And you shall compass the city, etc. The promise was, indeed, fitting and sufficient in itself to give hope of victory, but the method of …

And you shall compass the city, all [you] men of war
Joshua their chief commander under the Lord, and all that were …

Jericho resolved that Israel would not be its master. It shut itself up, being strongly fortified by both human skill and natural defenses. Thus, t…