Joshua:6

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* Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the sons of Israel ; no one went out , and no one came in . * But the LORD said unto Joshua , See , I have given Jericho and its king into thy hand , [with ] its mighty men of valour . * Therefore , ye shall compass the city , all [ye ] men of war , going round about the city once ; and thou shalt do this six days . * And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot ([or rams horns ]) of jubilee ; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times , and the priests shall blow with the shofarot . * And when they make a long [sound ] of jubilee with the horn so that ye hear the voice of the shofar , all the people shall shout with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat ; then the people shall ascend up each man straight before him . * 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 shofarot of jubilee before the ark of the LORD . * And he said unto the people , Pass on and compass the city and let those that are armed pass on before the ark of the LORD . * And when Joshua had spoken unto the people , the seven priests bearing the seven shofarot of jubilee passed on before the LORD and blew with the shofarot ; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them . * And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the shofarot , and the congregation came after the ark , [the priests ] going on and blowing with the shofarot . * And Joshua 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 tell you , Shout ; then ye shall shout . * So the ark of the LORD compassed the city , going about [it ] once ; and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp . * And Joshua rose early in the morning , and the priests took up the ark of the LORD . * And the seven priests bearing the seven shofarot of jubilee before the ark of the LORD walked continually , and blew with the shofarot ; and the armed men went before them ; but the congregation came after the ark of the LORD , [the priests ] going on and blowing with the shofarot . * Likewise the second day they compassed the city once and returned into the camp ; so they did for six days . * And on the seventh day 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 . * And when the priests had blown the shofarot the seventh time , Joshua said unto the people , Shout , for the LORD has given you the city . * And the city shall be anathema unto the LORD , [even ] it , and all the things that are in it ; 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 keep yourselves from the anathema , that ye not touch nor take any thing of the anathema so that ye not make the camp of Israel anathema and trouble it . * For 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 . * Then the people shouted when [the priests ] blew with the shofarot , and it came to pass when the people heard the voice of the shofar , that the people shouted with a great shout , and the wall fell down flat , so that the people went up into the city , each man 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 . * But Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land , Go into the harlot 's house and bring the woman out of there with all that she has , as ye swore unto her . * 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 put them outside in the camp of Israel . * 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 . * And Joshua gave Rahab , the harlot , her life and [also ] to her father 's household and to all that she had ; and she dwells in Israel [even ] unto this day because she hid the messengers , whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho . * And Joshua adjured [them ] at that time , saying , Cursed [be ] the man before the LORD that rises up and builds 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 . * So the LORD was with Joshua ; and his fame went throughout all the land .:

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