Joshua:6

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* Now Jericho was shut up and was barred , because of the children of Israel : none went out , and none came in . * And Jehovah said to Joshua , See , I have given into thy hand Jericho , and the king thereof , [and ] the valiant men . * And ye shall go round the city , all the men of war , encompassing the city once . Thus shalt thou do six days . * And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven blast-trumpets ; and on the seventh day ye shall go round the city seven times , and the priests shall blow with the trumpets . * And it shall come to pass when they make a long blast with the blast-horn , that all the people on hearing the sound of the trumpet shall shout with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall fall flat , and the people shall go up , each one straight before him . * And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests , and said to them , Carry the ark of the covenant , and seven priests shall carry seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah . * And he said to the people , Pass on , go round the city , and they that are armed shall pass on before the ark of Jehovah . * And it came to pass when Joshua had spoken to the people , that the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before Jehovah passed on and blew with the trumpets ; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went after them . * And the armed men went before the priests who blew with the trumpets , and the rearguard came after the ark ; they blew with the trumpets in marching . * And Joshua had commanded the people , saying , Ye shall not shout , nor let your voice be heard , neither shall a word proceed out of your mouth , until the day I say to you , Shout ; then shall ye shout . * And the ark of Jehovah went round the city , encompassing [it ] once ; and they came into the camp , and lodged in the camp . * And Joshua rose early in the morning , and the priests carried the ark of Jehovah . * And the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah went on and blew continually with the trumpets ; and the armed men went before them , and the rearguard went after the ark of Jehovah ; they blew with the trumpets in marching . * And on the second day they went round the city once , and returned into the camp . So they did six days . * And it was so that on the seventh day they rose early , about the morning-dawn , and went round the city after the same manner seven times ; only on that day they went round the city seven times . * And it came to pass the seventh time , when the priests blew with the trumpets , that Joshua said to the people , Shout ; for Jehovah has given you the city . * And the city shall be accursed , it and all that is in it , to Jehovah ; only Rahab the harlot shall live , she and all that are with her in the house , because she hid the messengers that we sent . * But in any wise keep from the accursed thing , lest ye make [yourselves ] accursed in taking of the accursed thing , and make the camp of Israel a curse , and trouble it . * And all the silver , and gold , and vessels of copper and iron , shall be holy to Jehovah ; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah . * And the people shouted , and they blew with the trumpets . And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpets , and the people shouted with a great shout , that the wall fell down flat ; and the people went up into the city , each one straight before him , and they took the city . * 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 . * And Joshua said to 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 has , as ye swore unto her . * And the young men , the spies , went in and brought out Rahab , and her father , and her mother , and her brethren , and all that she had : all her kindred did they bring out , and they left them outside the camp of Israel . * And they burned the city with fire , and all that was therein ; only the silver , and the gold , and the vessels of copper and of iron , they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah . * And Joshua saved alive Rahab the harlot , and her father 's household , and all that she had , and she dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day ; because she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho . * And Joshua swore at that time , saying , Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho ! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation , and in his youngest son shall he set up its gates . * And Jehovah was with Joshua ; and his fame was in all the land .

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