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1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel . No one went out , and no one came in .
2The LORD said to Joshua , “Behold , I have given Jericho into your hand , with its king and the mighty men of valour .
3All of your men of war shall march around the city , going around the city once . You shall do this six days .
4Seven 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 .
5It 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 .”
6Joshua 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.”
7They said to the people , “Advance! March around the city , and let the armed men pass on before the LORD ’s ark.”
8It 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 .
9The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets , and the ark went after them . The trumpets sounded as they went .
10Joshua 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 .”
11So 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 .
12Joshua rose early in the morning , and the priests took up the LORD ’s ark.
13The 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 .
14The second day they marched around the city once , and returned into the camp . They did this six days .
15On 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 .
16At the seventh time , when the priests blew the trumpets , Joshua said to the people , “Shout , for the LORD has given you the city !
17The 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 .
18But 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 .
19But all the silver , gold , and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD . They shall come into the LORD ’s treasury.”
20So 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 .
21They 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 .
22Joshua 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 .”
23The 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 .
24They burnt 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 .
25But 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 .
26Joshua 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 .”
27So the LORD was with Joshua ; and his fame was in all the land.