| Chapter 6 |
| 1 | Now Jericho was straitly shut
up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
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| 2 | And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. |
| 3 | 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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4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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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6 | 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. |
| 7 |
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. |
| 8 | 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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| 9 | And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,
and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the
trumpets. |
| 10
| 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. |
| 11 |
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came
into the camp, and lodged in the camp. |
| 12 | And Joshua rose early in the
morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. |
| 13 | 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 rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and
blowing with the trumpets. |
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14 | And the second day they compassed the
city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. |
| 15 | 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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16 | 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. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 |
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. |
| 20 |
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. |
| 21 |
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. |
| 22
| 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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23 | 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. |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 |
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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| 26 | 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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27 | So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was
noised throughout all the country. |
