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1 Now
Jericho was
tightly shut up
because of the
children of Israel.
No one went
out, and no
one came in.
2 The
LORD said to
Joshua, “Behold, I
have given Jericho
into your hand,
with its king
and the mighty
men of valor.
3 All
of your men
of war shall
march around the
city, going around
the city once.
You shall do
this six days.
4 Seven
priests shall bear
seven trumpets of
rams’ horns before
the ark. On the
seventh day, you
shall march around
the city seven
times, and the
priests shall blow
the trumpets.
5 It
shall be that
when they make
a long blast
with the ram’s
horn, and when
you hear the
sound of the
trumpet, all the
people shall shout
with a great
shout; then the
city wall will
fall down flat,
and the people
shall go up,
every man straight
in front of
him.”
6 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
LORD’s ark.”
7 They said
to the people,
“Advance! March around
the city, and let
the armed men
pass on before
the LORD’s ark.”
8 It
was so, that
when Joshua
had spoken to the
people, the seven
priests bearing
the seven trumpets
of rams’ horns
before the LORD
advanced and blew
the trumpets, and
the ark of the
LORD’s covenant
followed them.
9 The
armed men went
before the priests
who blew the
trumpets, and
the ark went after
them. The trumpets
sounded as they
went.
10 Joshua
commanded the
people, saying, “You
shall not shout
nor let your
voice be heard,
neither shall any
word proceed out
of your mouth
until the day
I tell you
to shout. Then
you shall shout.”
11 So
he caused the
LORD’s ark to go
around the city,
circling it once.
Then they came
into the camp,
and stayed in
the camp.
12 Joshua
rose early in
the morning, and
the priests took
up the LORD’s ark.
13 The
seven priests
bearing the seven
trumpets of rams’
horns in front
of the LORD’s ark
went on
continually, and
blew the trumpets.
The armed men
went in front
of them. The rear
guard came after
the LORD’s ark.
The trumpets
sounded as they
went.
14 The
second day they
marched around the
city once, and
returned into the
camp. They did
this six days.
15 On
the seventh day,
they rose early
at the dawning
of the day,
and marched around
the city in
the same way
seven times. On
this day only
they marched
around the city
seven times.
16 At
the seventh time,
when the priests
blew the trumpets,
Joshua said to the
people, “Shout,
for the LORD
has given you
the city!
17 The
city shall be
devoted, even it
and all that
is in it,
to the LORD.
Only Rahab the
prostitute shall
live, she and
all who are
with her in
the house, because
she hid the
messengers that we
sent.
18 But
as for you,
only keep yourselves
from what is
devoted to
destruction, lest
when you have
devoted it, you
take of the
devoted thing; so
you would make
the camp of
Israel accursed
and trouble it.
19 But
all the silver,
gold, and vessels
of bronze and
iron are holy
to the LORD.
They shall come
into the LORD’s
treasury.”
20 So
the people shouted
and the priests
blew the trumpets.
When the people
heard the sound
of the trumpet,
the people shouted
with a great
shout, and the
wall fell down
flat, so that
the people went
up into the
city, every man
straight in front
of him, and
they took the
city.
21 They
utterly destroyed
all that was
in the city,
both man and woman,
both young and
old, and ox,
sheep, and donkey,
with the edge
of the sword.
22 Joshua
said to the
two men who
had spied out
the land, “Go into
the prostitute’s
house, and bring
the woman and
all that she
has out from
there, as you
swore to her.”
23 The
young men who
were spies went
in, and brought
out Rahab with
her father, her mother,
her brothers, and
all that she had.
They also brought
out all of
her relatives, and
they set them
outside of the
camp of Israel.
24 They
burned the city
with fire, and all
that was in
it. Only they
put the silver,
the gold, and
the vessels of
bronze and of
iron into the
treasury of the
LORD’s house.
25 But
Rahab the
prostitute, her father’s
household, and all
that she had,
Joshua saved alive.
She lives in
the middle of
Israel to this
day, because she
hid the messengers
whom Joshua sent
to spy out
Jericho.
26 Joshua commanded them
with an oath
at that time,
saying, “Cursed is the
man before the
LORD who rises
up and builds
this city Jericho.
With the loss of
his firstborn he
will lay its
foundation, and
with the loss of
his youngest son
he will set
up its gates.”
27 So
the LORD was
with Joshua; and
his fame was
in all the land.