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.

Cross-references

Joshua 6:5 Parallel

In Joshua 6:5, the command is given: when the people hear the trumpet sound and shout, the wall will fall. Here the command is executed.

In Hebrews 11:30, the fall of Jericho's walls is cited as an act of faith, directly referencing this event.

Judges 7:20 Parallel

In Judges 7:20, the 300 blow trumpets and shout, directly mirroring the shout and trumpet blast that brought down Jericho's walls.

Judges 7:22 Parallel

In Judges 7:22, shouting and trumpets cause enemy panic and defeat, paralleling Jericho's wall-fall tactic.

In 2 Chronicles 13:15, a battle shout leads to God routing the enemy, echoing the victory at Jericho.

In Jeremiah 50:15, shouting and falling walls mirror the Jericho destruction, applied here to Babylon's judgment.

In 2 Corinthians 10:4, Paul uses the metaphor of divine weapons pulling down strongholds, echoing the physical fall of Jericho's walls by God's power.

Psalm 111:6 Parallel

Psalm 111:6 praises God's power in giving the nations' heritage, which the fall of Jericho exemplifies.