How it works
The Bible tells how Joshua led Israel to the land near the river Jordan. In front of them stood Jericho, a city with tall, thick walls and its gates shut tight.
Joshua sent two scouts. A woman named Rahab hid them under bundles of flax on her flat roof, and she asked them to be kind to her family. They promised, and she hung a red cord in her window.
Then Joshua listened to God's plan, and it was a strange one. For six days the army marched around the city once a day without a word, with seven priests blowing ram's horns and the ark carried behind.
On the seventh day they marched around seven times. Then the people shouted, and the wall fell down flat. Rahab's family was led out safely.