Joshua 6:5

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Cross-references

Joshua 6:16 Citation

Joshua 6:16 records Joshua's shout command at the seventh trumpet blast — directly fulfilling the instruction in 6:5.

Joshua 6:20 Citation

Joshua 6:20 describes the people shouting and the wall falling — the actual execution of the command given in 6:5.

Exodus 19:19 also features a trumpet sound that grew louder as God descended on Sinai—both signal divine presence and action.

Judges 7:20-22 has Gideon's men blowing trumpets and shouting, causing enemy panic—an almost identical pattern of victory.

2 Chronicles 13:15: as Judah shouted, God struck down Jeroboam—a direct divine response to shouting, mirroring the fall of Jericho.

Jeremiah 50:15 commands shouting against Babylon because her walls have fallen—directly echoes Jericho's fall with a shout.

2 Corinthians 10:4 uses 'pulling down strongholds' as a spiritual warfare metaphor, directly drawing on the Jericho wall-fall as a type of divine power.

Hebrews 11:30 explicitly cites the fall of Jericho's walls by faith, reinforcing that the event was a demonstration of faith.

In 2 Samuel 6:15, David and Israel bring up the ark with shouting and trumpets, mirroring the victory shout at Jericho.

Psalm 47:5 Allusion

Psalm 47:5 uses shouts and trumpets to depict God's ascent, directly paralleling the victory shout at Jericho.

Zechariah 9:14 depicts the LORD sounding the trumpet as he marches to battle, echoing the trumpet blast before Jericho's fall.

Numbers 10:9 Historical context

Numbers 10:9 instructs blowing trumpets in war for remembrance before God — Jericho's trumpet blast similarly precedes divine victory.

2 Chronicles 13:14 shows Judah crying out and priests blowing trumpets in battle—a combined cry and trumpet similar to Jericho.

2 Chronicles 20:22 shows God setting ambushes as they sang—like the shout, worship triggers divine intervention.

Ezra 3:11 Parallel

In Ezra 3:11, the people shout with a great shout at the temple foundation, reminiscent of the shout that brought down Jericho's walls.