Hebrews 11:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By faith The faith of Joshua and the Israelites in God's promise; the walls of Jericho fell down Being smitten by the hand of God, without any human force; after they were compassed about In solemn silence, according to the divine command; seven days How absurd a spectacle soever their procession might appear to the besieged. “As the land of Canaan belonged to the Israelites by a grant from God, the possessor of heaven and earth, it was proper that the first city which resisted them should be taken in such a manner as to demonstrate the truth of their title. And therefore God did not order them to attack Jericho with engines of war, but he ordered the priests, his immediate ministers, to carry the ark, containing the tables of his covenant, round the city daily for seven days, Joshua 6:13; and to sound trumpets of rams' horns, as summoning the inhabitants in the name of the God of Israel to surrender; the armed men going before, and the rearward following. And on the seventh day, having surrounded Jericho seven times, they raised a great shout, upon which the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city every man straight before him, Hebrews 11:20. Thus were the inhabitants of Jericho and all the Canaanites made to know the supremacy and power of the God of Israel, and how vain it was to make any resistance.” Macknight.