6:16-19
On the seventh circuit the trumpets were sounded and Joshua gave the command to shout. He also reminded them of what was to happen. Almost the whole city was to be devoted to the Lord, this often meant things being destroyed. He also reminded them that Rahab and her household were to be spared, and why they were to be spared. If the Israelites took any of the devoted things they would bring destruction upon themselves. Not everything was to be destroyed, the articles of silver, gold, bronze and iron were to go into the Lord’s treasury.
6:20,21
The trumpets sounded, the army shouted and the walls collapsed. Everyone then went straight in. There are, of course, theories that this was an earthquake. But it is likely that just the walls collapsed. Otherwise, it would not be easy for the army to just march in. One of the reasons (not the only one!) the Germans failed to win at Stalingrad, was that the bombing and bombardment made the city an ideal place for the Russian resistance. In accordance with the Lord’s instruction all the living things were killed with the sword.
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