Joshua 6:4

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Cross-reference

Joshua 6:8 Parallel

Joshua 6:8 describes the immediate obedience: the priests carry the trumpets and blow them as commanded.

Joshua 6:15 Parallel

Joshua 6:15 records the seventh day’s seven circuits, fulfilling the instruction to compass the city seven times.

Numbers 10:1-10 prescribes silver trumpets for war — similarly, Joshua's priests blow rams' horns to invoke God's intervention in battle.

Revelation 8:6 continues the trumpet imagery: seven angels prepare to blow the seven trumpets, matching Joshua's ritual.

Revelation 8:2 directly echoes Joshua: seven angels with seven trumpets, mirroring the seven priests with seven trumpets.

2 Chronicles 13:12 has priests with battle trumpets as a sign of God's presence — mirroring Joshua's priests leading with trumpets.

In 2 Kings 5:10, Naaman is told to wash seven times in the Jordan, directly paralleling the seven marches around Jericho — both require repeated obedience for a miracle.

Judges 7:15-22 recounts Gideon's trumpets and shouting causing confusion — a clear parallel to Joshua's trumpets and shout at Jericho.

Judges 7:20 Parallel

Judges 7:20: Gideon’s men blow trumpets as a battle tactic, mirroring the trumpet-led assault on Jericho.

Judges 7:22 Parallel

Judges 7:22 shows the result: trumpet blasts cause panic and victory, just as Jericho’s walls fell after the trumpets.

2 Chronicles 7:6 directly parallels this: priests sounding trumpets during temple dedication, just as at Jericho.

2 Chronicles 29:26 Related theme

2 Chronicles 29:26 describes priests with trumpets during Hezekiah's temple restoration — same trumpet-blowing role.

Nehemiah 12:35 lists priests' sons with trumpets at the wall dedication — echoing the trumpet procession at Jericho.

Zechariah 9:14 depicts the Lord blowing a trumpet in battle — a divine parallel to the human trumpets at Jericho.

Numbers 10:8 Historical context

Numbers 10:8 establishes the precedent: priests blow trumpets for war and assembly, the same practice used at Jericho.

1 Samuel 4:3: Israel later fetches the ark for battle, echoing Jericho’s model but ending in defeat due to disobedience.

In Zechariah 4:6, the principle 'not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit' mirrors the Jericho battle where God's power won.

2 Samuel 6:15: David brings the ark with trumpet sounds, a procession that recalls the trumpet-led ark movement at Jericho.

Numbers 31:6 shows priests with trumpets in the Midianite war, a similar use of trumpets in holy war as at Jericho.

Isaiah 27:13 uses a great trumpet to gather exiles — a different function from Joshua's war trumpets, but both are divine signals.

Leviticus 25:9 also commands a trumpet blast (shofar) — for Jubilee release, while Joshua's trumpets signal divine judgment on Jericho.