The fall of Jericho in Joshua 5:13-6:25 is presented as a memorial of the Feast of Trumpets, since it centers on trumpet blasts and a great shout, though the timing, apparently in spring, remains a difficulty. The Commander of the Lord's army, the One who became Jesus Christ, appears to Joshua with a drawn sword, a symbol of personal divine judgment, and declares Himself on neither side but as impartial Judge. This parallels Christ's coming in Revelation 19. Jericho, a nearly impregnable double-walled fortress, stands for all Canaan, and its destruction cleanses the land of the Canaanites' sin and opens the inheritance, as Armageddon opens the Millennium. Joshua, whose name is Jesus in Hebrew, is a type of Christ in his humble servanthood. The seven days, seven priests, seven trumpets, and silence before the shout parallel the seven trumpets and the seventh seal's silence in Revelation 8 and 11. The trumpets are literally "shofars of jubilee," so the victory also proclaims liberty and return to inheritance, a type of the Millennium. Rahab pictures salvation of the God-fearing Gentiles by faith (Hebrews 11:31), and the gold and silver devoted to God's treasury picture Christ claiming the world's wealth. The lesson from Hebrews 11:30 is that believers, the rear guard, must march in faith until Christ gives the command to shout and gives them their inheritance.

Jericho stands as the first great obstacle Israel faced upon entering the Promised Land, and its conquest under Joshua's leadership represents one of the most dramatic demonstrations of faith recorded in Scripture. Situated as a heavily fortified city, Jericho's inhabitants viewed the encamped Israelites with contempt, unaware of the divine power that would soon overturn their confidence. Following the miraculous crossing of the Jordan River, where the waters parted just as they had at the Red Sea forty years earlier, Joshua led the Israelite forces in a strange and seemingly illogical military strategy. For six consecutive days, the troops marched silently around the city walls, accomplishing nothing visible and likely appearing foolish to the watching Canaanites, who mocked what they perceived as soldiers driven mad by wilderness wandering. On the seventh day, however, the Israelites circled the city seven times, after which the priests sounded their trumpets and the people shouted in unison. At that precise moment, the walls of Jericho collapsed, allowing the shocked and disorganized inhabitants to be swiftly overcome. This event is explicitly affirmed in Hebrews 11:30 as an act accomplished "by faith," linking Jericho's fall directly to the broader theme of faithful obedience that characterizes Joshua's life and leadership. Although Joshua himself is curiously absent from the roll call of faith in Hebrews 11, the victory at Jericho stands as tangible evidence of the faith exercised both by Joshua as commander and by the entire nation of Israel, whose soldiers had to trust God's unconventional battle plan enough to march obediently around the city walls day after day. The conquest of Jericho also connects to Joshua's earlier encounter with the Commander of the Lord's army, identified as Christ Himself, who appeared to Joshua near the city and instructed him to remove his sandal because he stood on holy ground. This encounter established the divine authority behind the coming military campaign and reinforced that victory would come not through human strategy but through God's direct intervention. Furthermore, Jericho's defeat is referenced later in Joshua's farewell address, where God, speaking through Joshua in the first person, reminds the people that "the citizens of Jericho fought against you, but I gave them into your hand." This serves Joshua's broader purpose of preventing the people from taking personal credit for their military successes, redirecting all glory to God who fought on their behalf throughout the entire conquest, beginning decisively with the fall of Jericho.