Joshua
Joshua 6
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Joshua 6 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now was straitly shut up because of the children of : none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto , See, I have given into thine hand , and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall before the seven trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with . 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 , 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. And the son of called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the , and let seven priests seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the of the LORD. And he said unto the people, Pass , and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass before the of the LORD. And it came to pass, when had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed before the LORD, and blew with : and the of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with , and the rereward came after the , the priests going , and blowing with . And 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. So the of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. And rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the of the LORD went continually, and blew with : and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the of the LORD, the priests going , and blowing with . And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. And it came to pass the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only that day they compassed the city seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with , said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 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 a curse, and trouble it. 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. So the people shouted when the priests blew with : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the , 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. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and , and , and ass, with the edge of the . But 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. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought , 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 . 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 into the treasury of the house of the LORD. And saved the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which sent to spy out . And adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. So the LORD was with ; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.