Joshua 6:16 meaning and explanation

After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

Joshua 6:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Joshua speaks here to Israel on the seventh day of marching around Jericho, after six days of silent circling and a seventh of seven circuits. The shout he commands is not a battle cry of self-reliance; it follows the long blast of the ram's horn and comes as the sign that God has already given the city.

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