| Chapter 6
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| 1 | Now Jericho
was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none
came in. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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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12 | And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the
priests took up the ark of the LORD. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 27 | So the LORD was
with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. |
