Joshua:6

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* Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel ; none went out , and none came in . * And the LORD said to Joshua : "See ! I have given Jericho into your hand , its king , and the mighty men of valor . * You shall march around the city , all you men of war ; you shall go all around the city once . This you shall do six days . * And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams ' horns before the ark . But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times , and the priests shall blow the trumpets . * It shall come to pass , when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn , and when you hear the sound of the trumpet , that all the people shall shout with a great shout ; then the wall of the city will fall down flat . And the people shall go up every man straight before him ." * Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them , "Take up the ark of the covenant , and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams ' horns before the ark of the LORD ." * And he said to the people , "Proceed , and march around the city , and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the LORD ." * So it was , when Joshua had spoken to the people , that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams ' horns before the LORD advanced and blew the trumpets , and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them . * The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets , and the rear guard came after the ark , while the priests continued blowing the trumpets . * Now Joshua had commanded the people , saying , "You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice , nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth , until the day I say to you , "Shout !' Then you shall shout ." * So he had the ark of the LORD circle the city , going around it once . Then 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 . * Then 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 rear guard came after the ark of the LORD , while the priests continued blowing the trumpets . * And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp . So they did six days . * But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early , about the dawning of the day , and marched around the city seven times in the same manner . On that day only they marched around the city seven times . * And the seventh time it happened , when the priests blew the trumpets , that Joshua said to the people : "Shout , for the LORD has given you the city ! * Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction , it and all who are in it . Only Rahab the harlot shall live , she and all who are with her in the house , because she hid the messengers that we sent . * And you , by all means abstain from the accursed things , lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things , and make the camp of Israel a curse , and trouble it . * But all the silver and gold , and vessels of bronze and iron , are consecrated to the LORD ; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD ." * So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets . And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet , and the people shouted with a great shout , that the wall fell down flat . Then the people went up into the city , every 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 , ox and sheep and donkey , with the edge of the sword . * But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country , "Go into the harlot 's house , and from there bring out the woman and all that she has , as you swore to her ." * And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab , her father , her mother , her brothers , and all that she had . So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel . * But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire . Only the silver and gold , and the vessels of bronze and iron , they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD . * And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot , her father 's household , and all that she had . So she dwells in Israel to this day , because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho . * Then Joshua charged them at that time , saying , "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho ; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn , and with his youngest he shall set up its gates ." * So the LORD was with Joshua , and his fame spread throughout all the country .

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