The shouting of the people has a double meaning. It refers to a call to battle in war (Jeremiah 20:16; Amos 1:14; Amos 2:2; Zephaniah 1:16; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 31:6) and to the shout of religious joy (1 Samuel 1:5 – 31:6; 2 Samuel 6:15; Ezra 3:11–13; Psalm 33:3).1
16 And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city.