Ground Shakers and Wall Breakers
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· 37 viewsGoing through the Hall of Faith, we get to Joshua's story. While he isn't explicitly mentioned, the story of how he led the Israelites to the capture of Jericho is retold.
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Ground Shakers
Ground Shakers
Hebrews 11:30 (NLT)
It was by faith that the people of Israel marched around Jericho for seven days, and the walls came crashing down.
Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in. But the Lord said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors. You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days. Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”
On the seventh day the Israelites got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before. But this time they went around the town seven times. The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the town!