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1 Now Jericho was straightly
shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came
in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua,
See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and
the mighty men of valor.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all
ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt
thou do six days.
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.
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 up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of
Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns
before the ark of the LORD.
7 And he said unto the people, Pass
on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark
of the LORD.
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua
had spoken unto 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.
9 And the armed men went before the
priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the
priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the
people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice,
neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I
bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
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.
12 And Joshua rose early in the
morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
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
rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and
blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed
the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
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.
16 And it came to pass at the
seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto
the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
17 And the city shall
be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, 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.
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.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and
vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they
shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
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.
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.
22 But Joshua had said unto the two
men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and
bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
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.
24 And they burnt the city with
fire, and all that was therein: 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.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot
alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the
messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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 the foundation thereof in
his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of
it.
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and
his fame was noised throughout all the country.
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