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Verse 1

Now Jericho{H3405} was straitly{H5462} shut up{H5462} because{H6440} of the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} none went out,{H3318} and none came in.{H935}

Verse 2

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} See,{H7200} I have given{H5414} into thy hand{H3027} Jericho,{H3405} and the king{H4428} thereof, and the mighty men{H1368} of valor.{H2428}

Verse 3

And ye shall compass{H5437} the city,{H5892} all the men{H582} of war,{H4421} going about{H5362} the city{H5892} once.{H6471} Thus shalt thou do{H6213} six{H8337} days.{H3117}

Verse 4

And seven{H7651} priests{H3548} shall bear{H5375} seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} the ark:{H727} and the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} ye shall compass{H5437} the city{H5892} seven{H7651} times,{H6471} and the priests{H3548} shall blow{H8628} the trumpets.{H7782}

Verse 5

And it shall be, that, when they make a long{H4900} blast with the ram's{H3104} horn,{H7161} and when ye hear{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} all the people{H5971} shall shout{H7321} with a great{H1419} shout;{H7321} and the wall{H2346} of the city{H5892} shall fall down{H5307} flat,{H8478} and the people{H5971} shall go up{H5927} every man{H376} straight before him.

Verse 6

And Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126} called{H7121} the priests,{H3548} and said{H559} unto them, Take up{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant,{H1285} and let seven{H7651} priests{H3548} bear{H5375} seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 7

And they said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Pass on,{H5674} and compass{H5437} the city,{H5892} and let the armed{H2502} men pass on{H5674} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 8

And it was so, that, when Joshua{H3091} had spoken{H559} unto the people,{H5971} the seven{H7651} priests{H3548} bearing{H5375} the seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} passed on,{H5674} and blew{H8628} the trumpets:{H7782} and the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} followed{H1980} them.{H310}

Verse 9

And the armed{H2502} men went{H1980} before{H6440} the priests{H3548} that blew{H8628} the trumpets,{H7782} and the rearward{H622} went{H1980} after{H310} the ark,{H727} [the priests] blowing{H8628} the trumpets{H7782} as they went.{H1980}

Verse 10

And Joshua{H3091} commanded{H6680} the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Ye shall not shout,{H7321} nor let your voice{H6963} be heard,{H8085} neither shall any word{H1697} proceed{H3318} out of your mouth,{H6310} until the day{H3117} I bid{H559} you shout;{H7321} then shall ye shout.{H7321}

Verse 11

So he caused the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} to compass{H5437} the city,{H5892} going about{H5362} it once:{H6471} and they came{H935} into the camp,{H4264} and lodged{H3885} in the camp.{H4264}

Verse 12

And Joshua{H3091} rose early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and the priests{H3548} took up{H5375} the ark{H727} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 13

And the seven{H7651} priests{H3548} bearing{H5375} the seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} went on{H1980} continually,{H1980} and blew{H8628} the trumpets:{H7782} and the armed men{H2502} went{H1980} before{H6440} them; and the rearward{H622} came{H1980} after{H310} the ark{H727} of Jehovah,{H3068} [the priests] blowing{H8628} the trumpets{H7782} as they went.{H1980}

Verse 14

And the second{H8145} day{H3117} they compassed{H5437} the city{H5892} once,{H6471} and returned{H7725} into the camp:{H4264} so they did{H6213} six{H8337} days.{H3117}

Verse 15

And it came to pass on the seventh{H7637} day,{H3117} that they rose early{H7925} at the dawning{H5927} of the day,{H7837} and compassed{H5437} the city{H5892} after the same manner{H4941} seven{H7651} times:{H6471} only on that day{H3117} they compassed{H5437} the city{H5892} seven{H7651} times.{H6471}

Verse 16

And it came to pass at the seventh{H7637} time,{H6471} when the priests{H3548} blew{H8628} the trumpets,{H7782} Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Shout;{H7321} for Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} you the city.{H5892}

Verse 17

And the city{H5892} shall be devoted,{H2764} even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah:{H3068} only Rahab{H7343} the harlot{H2181} shall live,{H2421} she and all that are with her in the house,{H1004} because she hid{H2244} the messengers{H4397} that we sent.{H7971}

Verse 18

But as for you, only{H7535} keep{H8104} yourselves from the devoted thing,{H2764} lest when ye have devoted{H2763} it, ye take{H3947} of the devoted thing;{H2764} so would ye make{H7760} the camp{H4264} of Israel{H3478} accursed,{H2764} and trouble{H5916} it.

Verse 19

But all the silver,{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} and iron,{H1270} are holy{H6944} unto Jehovah:{H3068} they shall come{H935} into the treasury{H214} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 20

So the people{H5971} shouted,{H7321} and [the priests] blew{H8628} the trumpets;{H7782} and it came to pass, when the people{H5971} heard{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} that the people{H5971} shouted{H7321} with a great{H1419} shout,{H8643} and the wall{H2346} fell down flat,{H5307} so that the people{H5971} went up{H5927} into the city,{H5892} every man{H376} straight before him, and they took{H3920} the city.{H5892}

Verse 21

And they utterly destroyed{H2763} all that was in the city,{H5892} both man{H376} and woman,{H802} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} and ox,{H7794} and sheep,{H7716} and ass,{H2543} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}

Verse 22

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the two{H8147} men{H582} that had spied out{H7270} the land,{H776} Go{H935} into the harlot's{H2181} house,{H1004} and bring out{H3318} thence the woman,{H802} and all that she hath, as ye sware{H7650} unto her.

Verse 23

And the young men{H5288} the spies{H7270} went in,{H935} and brought out{H3318} Rahab,{H7343} and her father,{H1} and her mother,{H517} and her brethren,{H251} and all that she had; all her kindred{H4940} also they brought out;{H3318} and they set{H3240} them without{H2351} the camp{H4264} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 24

And they burnt{H8313} the city{H5892} with fire,{H784} and all that was therein; only the silver,{H3701} and the gold,{H2091} and the vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} and of iron,{H1270} they put{H5414} into the treasury{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 25

But Rahab{H7343} the harlot,{H2181} and her father's{H1} household,{H1004} and all that she had, did Joshua{H3091} save{H2421} alive;{H2421} and she dwelt{H3427} in{H7130} the midst of Israel{H3478} unto this day,{H3117} because she hid{H2244} the messengers,{H4397} whom Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971} to spy out{H7270} Jericho.{H3405}

Verse 26

And Joshua{H3091} charged{H7650} them with an oath at that time,{H6256} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} that riseth up{H6965} and buildeth{H1129} this city{H5892} Jericho:{H3405} with the loss of his first-born{H1060} shall he lay the foundation{H3245} thereof, and with the loss of his youngest{H6810} son shall he set up{H5324} the gates{H1817} of it.

Verse 27

So Jehovah{H3068} was with Joshua;{H3091} and his fame{H8089} was in all the land.{H776}

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