6:1 Now Jericho was closely shut up because of the children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in.
6:2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand
Jericho, and its king, [and] the mighty men of valor.
6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go
round the city once: thus shalt thou do six days.
6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets
of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city
seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long
[blast] with the ram's horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of
the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and
the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall
ascend every man straight before him.
6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to
them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests
bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
6:7 And he said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city,
and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people,
that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets:
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the
trumpets, and the rear-guard came after the ark, [the priests]
going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not
shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall [any]
word proceed from your mouth, until the day I bid you shout,
then shall ye shout.
6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it]
once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took
up the ark of the LORD.
6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns
before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with
the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the
rear-guard came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] going
on, and blowing with the trumpets.
6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and
returned into the camp. So they did six days.
6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose
early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city
after the same manner seven times: only on that day they
compassed the city seven times.
6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests
blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for
the LORD hath given you the city.
6:17 And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that
[are] in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she
and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the
messengers that we sent.
6:18 And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed
thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the
accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and
trouble it.
6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and
iron, [are] consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the
treasury of the LORD.
6:20 So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the
trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound
of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that
the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the
city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both
man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with
the edge of the sword.
6:22 But Joshua had said to the two men that spied out the
country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath, as ye swore to her.
6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out
Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and
all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and
left them without the camp of Israel.
6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] in
it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and
of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel
[even] to this day; because she hid the messengers which Joshua
sent to spy out Jericho.
6:26 And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be]
the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city
Jericho: he shall lay its foundation in his first-born, and in
his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.
6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was [noised]
throughout all the country.
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