Joshua:6:6-20
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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So the ark of the LORD compassed the city ,
going about it once :
and they came into the camp ,
and lodged in the camp .
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And Joshua rose early in the morning ,
and the priests took up the ark of the LORD .
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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 .
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And the second day they compassed the city once ,
and returned into the camp :
so they did six days .
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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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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .