Hebrews 11:30 (WEB)

Passage

By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 11:28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

Hebrews 11:29 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

Hebrews 11:31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

Hebrews 11:32 What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "walls", "jericho", "fell", "down", "after", "been", and "encircled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "walls", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "By faith they passed through the Red..." into verse 31's "By faith Rahab the prostitute didn t...", so "faith" and "walls" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "walls" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.