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Jos 6:20 — So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the wall		Jos 6:5; 2Cr 10:4,5; Hbr 11:30
flat		Heb. under it.

Correlating Passages

the wall

	Jos 6:5	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.
	2Cr 10:4	(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
	2Cr 10:5	Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
	Hbr 11:30	By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 6:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jos/6/20.html>.

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