Joshua 6:20 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it happened, 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.

Commentaries

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

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

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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