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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John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

So the people shouted, etc. Here the people are praised for obedience, and the faithfulness of God is, at the same time, celebrated. They …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets As Joshua had charged them, (Joshua 6:16) ;

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Jericho was to be a solemn and dreadful sacrifice to God's justice, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So God decreed, from wh…

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