Joshua 6

The chapter today tells the classic story of God bringing down the walls of Jericho. From the description it is quite clear that God is the one who destroys the city walls, as simply marching around and blowing horns would do no good against such strong defenses. I bet the fact that they marched for a week before the battle put some serious fear into the inhabitants of the region, and for good reason since none of them was left alive. Well, technically Rahab and her family were spared - to honor the protection she gave to the Israelite spies earlier. In that chapter it was said that her house was part of the wall of the city, so it must have been protected from the collapse of the rest of that structure. It is cool how this account says that "she lives in Israel to this very day" (verse 25), showing that it was written not long after these events took place.