Joshua 6:20

“So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets, etc.] As Joshua had charged them, (<060616>Joshua 6:16); and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout; that is, gave a loud shout, on hearing the long blast of the trumpets blown by the priests the seventh time, as they were no doubt directed by Joshua, agreeably to the order given to him; (see <060605>Joshua 6:5,16); that the wall fell down flat; the wall of the city of Jericho, as the Lord said it should, (see Gill on “<060605>Joshua 6:5”): so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city; they went up to it from…”

“THE WALLS FALL DOWN. (Jos 6:20-21) So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets--Towards the close of the seventh circuit, the signal was given by Joshua, and on the Israelites' raising their loud war cry, the walls fell down, doubtless burying multitudes of the inhabitants in the ruins, while the besiegers, rushing in, consigned everything animate and inanimate to indiscriminate destruction (Deu 20:16-17). Jewish writers mention it as an immemorial tradition that the city fell on the Sabbath. It should be remembered that the Canaanites were incorrigible idolaters, addicted to the most horrible vices, and that the righteous judgment of God might sweep them away by the sword,…”

“6:20 Following Joshua’s last-minute commands, a final blast of the rams’ horns signaled the climax.”

“the wall: Jos 6:5; Co2 10:4, Co2 10:5; Heb 11:30 flat: Heb. under it Joshua 6:21”