Joshua 6:16 (KJV) “And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.”

• They did not shout because the wall had already fallen. They shouted because God had already spoken.

Joshua 6:20 (KJV)“Sothe people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets…”

• The priests were blowing. The ark was central. The people were obeying. The shout rose out of a sacred atmosphere of praise.

Psalm 47:1 (KJV)“Oclap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.”Psalm 47:5 (KJV) “God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.”

• Trumpet and shout belong together in Scripture as sounds of divine victory.

2 Samuel 6:15 (KJV)“SoDavid and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.”

Hebrews 11:30 (KJV)“Byfaith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.”

• The shout at Jericho was not mere noise. It was not emotional hype. It was not random screaming. It was a holy shout—a war-cry of faith, a cry of triumph, and sacred rejoicing because the LORD had given the city.

In Scripture, the shofar was not only for worship and warning; it was also a battle sound that announced God’s intervention and His people’s victory.

Battles won with praise!!!

Joshua – Joshua 6:20-21 Gideon–Judges 7:18-23

Jehosophat–2 Chron. 20:14-24

MMM: “The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…” 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NLT)