Holy Scripture
Joshua 6:8
A church father on this verse
“Last Sunday we said that the walls of Jericho were laid waste by the priestly trumpets and that, contrary to order and nature, an unfeeling thing gave way before the sacred sounds with a kind of dread of the threat, and everything so collapsed at the loud noise that the most solid fortifications fell to the ground and…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And let seven priests having seven sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.
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In context
6And Joshua the son of Nun went in to the priests,
7and spoke to them, saying, Charge the people to go round, and encompass the city; and let your men of war pass on armed before the Lord.
— Joshua 6:8 —
9And let the men of war proceed before, and the priests bringing up the rear behind the ark of the covenant of the Lord proceed sounding the trumpets.
10And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Cry not out, nor let anyone hear your voice, until he himself declare to you the time to cry out, and then ye shall cry out.