It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times.
Adam Clarke pointed out that the very fact of Israel's being able to compass Jericho seven times in a single day, "is proof that the city was not very extensive."[26]  According to the size of the city given above, as 600 meters in circumference, we would have in a sevenfold encompassing of the city a total of 4,200 meters, a distance considerably less than three miles.      Lilley pointed out that the statement about the walls falling down flat does not mean, necessarily, that, "the entire circuit of the wall collapsed."[27]  This comment should be accepted as true because Rahab's house was on the wall of the city, and God's sparing her probably meant that her house was spared, at least until sufficient opportunity for the rescue of Rahab was provided.