That’s when the walls of Jericho “came tumbling down.” Joshua was then told by God to go into the city and destroy every living thing (except Rahab and her family, (Joshua 6:23).

That’s when the walls of Jericho “came tumbling down.” Joshua was then told by God to go into the city and destroy every living thing (except Rahab and her family, (Joshua 6: 23).

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On the seventh, after a blast of trumpets and a mighty shout, the walls came tumbling down.* This happened about 1370 B.C., but it was a comparatively recent episode in the long history of Jericho.