Joshua:5-6.
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings of the Amorites ,
which were on the side of Jordan westward ,
and all the kings of the Canaanites ,
which were by the sea ,
heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel ,
until we were passed over ,
that their heart melted ,
neither was there spirit in them any more ,
because of the children of Israel .
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At that time the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Make thee sharp knives ,
and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time .
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And Joshua made him sharp knives ,
and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins .
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And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise :
All the people that came out of Egypt ,
that were males ,
even all the men of war ,
died in the wilderness by the way ,
after they came out of Egypt .
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Now all the people that came out were circumcised :
but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt ,
them they had not circumcised .
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For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness ,
till all the people that were men of war ,
which came out of Egypt ,
were consumed ,
because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD :
unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land ,
which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us ,
a land that floweth with milk and honey .
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And their children ,
whom he raised up in their stead ,
them Joshua circumcised :
for they were uncircumcised ,
because they had not circumcised them by the way .
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And it came to pass ,
when they had done circumcising all the people ,
that they abode in their places in the camp ,
till they were whole .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you .
Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day .
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And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal ,
and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho .
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And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover ,
unleavened cakes ,
and parched corn in the selfsame day .
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And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ;
neither had the children of Israel manna any more ;
but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year .
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And it came to pass ,
when Joshua was by Jericho ,
that he lifted up his eyes and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand :
and Joshua went unto him ,
and said unto him ,
Art thou for us ,
or for our adversaries ?
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And he said ,
Nay ;
but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come .
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth ,
and did worship ,
and said unto him ,
What saith my lord unto his servant ?
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And the captain of the LORD '
S host said unto Joshua ,
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ;
for the place whereon thou standest is holy .
And Joshua did so .
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Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel :
none went out ,
and none came in .
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
See ,
I have given into thine hand Jericho ,
and the king thereof ,
and the mighty men of valour .
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And ye shall compass the city ,
all ye men of war ,
and go round about the city once .
Thus shalt thou do six days .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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So the LORD was with Joshua ;
and his fame was noised throughout all the country .
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But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing :
for Achan ,
the son of Carmi ,
the son of Zabdi ,
the son of Zerah ,
of the tribe of Judah ,
took of the accursed thing :
and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel .
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