 1 Jericho was completely shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out and no one came in. 2 The Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king and the mighty men of war to you. 3 You and all the men of war shall go around the city once and do that for six days. 4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of ram's horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 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 and the wall of the city will fall down flat and the people will go up, each man straight before 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 carry seven ram's horns in front of the ark of the Lord. 7 He said to the people, Pass on and go around the city. Let him who is armed pass on in front of the ark of the Lord. 8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven ram's horns passed on before the Lord and blew the ram's horns. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 The armed men went before the priests who blew with the ram's horns. And the gathering army came after the ark, as the priests were going on and blowing with the ram's horns. 10 Joshua had commanded the people saying, You shall not shout nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout. 11 The ark of the Lord went around the city once. Then they came into the camp and stayed in the camp. 12 Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests took the ark of the Lord. 13 Seven priests carried seven ram's horns before the ark of the Lord. They went on without stopping and blew with the ram's horns. Armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after the ark of the Lord as the priests were going on and blowing with the ram's horns. 14 The second day they went around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. 15 On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawning of the day, and circled the city in the same way seven times. Only on that day did they go around the city seven times. 16 At the seventh time, when the priest blew with the ram's horns, Joshua said to the people, Shout. For the Lord has given you the city. 17 The city shall be devoted to the Lord, it and all in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 You surely shall keep clear of the cursed thing, lest you make yourselves cursed when you take of the cursed things and make the camp of Israel a curse and trouble it. 19 But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are devoted to the Lord. They shall come into the treasury of the Lord. 20 The people shouted when the priests blew with the ram's horns. When the people heard the sound of the ram's horns, they shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so the people went into the city, each man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 They completely destroyed all in the city, man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep, and donkey with the edge of the sword. 22 Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house and bring the woman out from there and all that she has as you swore to her. 23 The young men who were spies went in and brought Rahab out and her father and her mother and her brothers and all that she had. They brought out all her kindred and set them outside the camp of Israel. 24 They burned the city with fire and all that was in it. Only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had. And she lives in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 Joshua charged them at that time saying, Cursed before the Lord are those who rise up and build this city of Jericho. He will lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and in his youngest son he shall set up the gates of it. 27 The Lord was with Joshua and his fame was in all the country.
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