The Walls of Jericho

When the Israelites came to the land God had promised, the city of Jericho had high walls. God told Joshua to march round the city once a day for six days, with priests blowing trumpets, and seven times on the seventh day. When the people shouted, the walls fell down.

Read it in the Bible

This story is in Joshua chapter 6 of the Bible.

A verse to remember

So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:20, World English Bible

Questions to talk about

1. How many days did the people march?
2. Why was it hard for the people to do what God said?
3. What do you do when something looks impossible?

An activity

March around the room with a paper trumpet and shout on the seventh round.

Read next

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Questions people ask

The stories are simple retellings for children and are not a substitute for reading the Bible. Churches teach the stories in different ways; adapt to your own tradition.