So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down beneath itself, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest as you are devoting them to destruction, you also take some of the things devoted to destruction and make the camp of Israel devoted to destruction and bring trouble on it.
Joshua 6:19 But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to Yahweh; they shall go into the treasury of Yahweh.”
Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down beneath itself, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:21 And they devoted to destruction everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:22 Now to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”
The verse centers on "people", "shouted", "priests", "blew", "trumpets", "heard", and "sound". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "shouted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 19's "But all the silver and gold and..." into verse 21's "And they devoted to destruction everything in...", so "people" and "shouted" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "people" and "shouted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.