By the time the Israelites arrived in Jericho, the city was around seven thousand years old. It was an impressive, wealthy city on a hill. It had strong fortifications. To this day, Jericho is the oldest settlement known.

God gave them the idea of marching around the city once a day for six days in a row. On the seventh day, the Israelites marched around the city seven times. Israelite musicians blew trumpets, but the rest of the people did not say a word. On the seventh day after the seventh lap, the Israelites shouted, and the protective wall around the city crumbled to the ground.