Every Man Straight Before Him

Applying the Bible · Oct 8, 2026 · 7m

So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. (Joshua 6:20)

Day after day, Israel marched around Jericho in silence. By the seventh day, anticipation must have been thick in the air. When the trumpets finally sounded and the people shouted with a great cry, the walls fell flat…just as God had planned.

But there is an important detail we must not overlook: “the people went…