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Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of Israel: none went out, and none came
in.
02 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have
given into thine hand Jericho, and the king
thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
03 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of
war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt
thou do six days.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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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