Then, something very unexpected happened. In their state of wonderment and terror, I can imagine that the Jericho people filled every place on the wall where a view was possible, and they stood (or sat) there motionless listening to music and watching thousands of soldiers pass by. I wonder if anyone thought to ask, "I wonder how many people that wall will hold at one time, anyway?" The Jews had followed the same procedure each day for six previous days-rather uneventful as parades go. It probably never occurred to the architects that nearly everyone in the entire city would ever ascend the wall at one time, but they all wanted a good view of the Israelite army parade. Because of this, I'm guessing that by the seventh trip around the city the crowd on the wall had grown to the point that nearly everyone therein had found a good viewing spot. Instead of just one trip around the city, they make seven. On the seventh day, the Hebrews do something different. No problem though-since the parade went all around the city each day, you could stand anywhere on the wall you wanted to get a good view. Since the city was all closed up, if you wanted a view of the parade, you had to find a place on the wall to see it. We know from chapter 2 that houses were built on the wall (as was Rahab's house). By the fourth morning, more people turned out on the wall to watch the parade go by. They had shut their city up so that no one went in or out.
We know from Rahab's comments that these inhabitants of Jericho were terrified of the Israelites. The only sound heard by the inhabitants of Jericho would have been the trumpets and feet hitting the ground as they marched around.Īfter the second morning of an identical performance at the same time, my guess is that there was a greater turnout on the wall for that third morning. These musicians were followed by the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant with the remainder of the 40,000 troops behind them. Armed men went first followed by the seven priests blowing trumpets. For six days, early in the morning, they were to surround the city and march around it one time. Only 40,000 of the 600,000+ eligible fighting men were called upon for the battle. This is not to diminish the miracle, but rather to show the God-given strategy that might have been responsible this historical defeat of the great walled city, Jericho. Here's another theory on how the miracle of the Jericho wall falling may have taken place in Joshua 6.
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