Joshua 6:5 (KJV)

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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

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make a long. Jos 6:16 Jos 6:20 Ex 19:19 2Ch 20:21 2Ch 20:22

the people. Re 7:3-8:5 1Sa 4:5 1Sa 17:20 1Sa 17:52 2Ch 13:14 2Ch 13:15 Jer 50:15

and the wall.The words {wenaphelah chomath hair tachteyha,} are literally, "and the wall of the city shall fall down under itself;" which appears simply to mean, that the wall shall fall down from its very foundation; which was probably the case in every part, though large breaches in different places might have been amply sufficient first to admit the armed men, after whom the host might enter to destroy the city. There is no ground for the supposition that the walls sunk into the earth. Isa 25:12 Isa 30:25 2Co 10:4 2Co 10:5 Heb 11:30

flat. Heb. under it.

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