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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 .
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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 ."
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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 .
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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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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 .
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And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp .
So they did six days .
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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 .
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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 !
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ."
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ."
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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 .
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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 .