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Joshua 6:16
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses the Israelite army immediately after the priests complete their seventh circuit around Jericho at dawn, commanding them to shout because the LORD has delivered the city into their hands.
The words — The Hebrew phrase תָּקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת (ta.ke'u ba.shofarot) literally renders "they gave a blast on the trumpets," marking the priests' action that triggers Joshua's command.
The thread — This sequence of horn blasts followed by a commanded shout echoes the pattern in Joshua 6:5, where a long ram’s horn blast requires the people to give a mighty shout before the city falls.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that military victory depends entirely on divine delivery rather than human strategy, requiring immediate obedience to a seemingly irrational command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 13:15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- Joshua 6:5 And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- Judges 7:20 The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.