Three days have passed and Joshua tells the men to put away their tents and prepare to cross the River Jordan.  The priests shall go first carrying the ark of the covenant. As they stepped into the river, the water stopped flowing and it became a dry path to cross by.  One man from each of the twelve tribes was chosen and told to pick up one stone from the center of the path and carry it to the other side.  Here they built a monument as a reminder of  how God parted the waters and let the Israelites cross the river.

Jericho was not a huge city, but it sat high up on a hill.  Its walls were high and thick.  So thick that people built their houses in them!  The Israelite soldiers probably looked at Jericho and wondered how they would ever be able to scramble up that hill and then go over such huge walls. But God had an answer for them.

They were to have seven priests, carrying trumpets made of rams horns going before the ark of the LORD, and the armed men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of the LORD.  They were to march around the city once, while blowing the trumpets continually.
This they did for six days.  On the seventh day they were instructed to march around seven times.  On the seventh time around the priest would blow the trumpets loud and Joshua told the people to shout loudly  for The LORD has given you the city.

Upon the shout of the fighting men.
The walls of Jericho fell to the ground.  

 
To hear more of the adventures of Joshua, read his book in the Bible. 

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