Joshua 6:15
On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before– only this time they marched around it seven times.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 119:147 : 147 I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.
- Matt 28:1 : 1 The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
- 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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- Josh 6:1-1414 verses90%
1Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.
2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
3Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.
4Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
5When you hear the signal from the ram’s horn, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse and the warriors should charge straight ahead.”
6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them,“Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
8When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the LORD moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed behind.
9Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns.
10Now Joshua had instructed the army,“Do not give a battle cry or raise your voices; say nothing until the day I tell you,‘Give the battle cry.’ Then give the battle cry!”
11So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the LORD around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.
12Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the LORD.
13The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the LORD blowing rams’ horns.
14They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.
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16The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army,“Give the battle cry, for the LORD is handing the city over to you!
- Josh 6:20-212 verses76%
20The rams’ horns sounded and when the army heard the signal, they gave a loud battle cry. The wall collapsed and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.
21They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
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30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.
- Josh 3:1-22 verses75%
1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
2After three days the leaders went through the camp
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9The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
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10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho.
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10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.
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7Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
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1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,
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13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
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8When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”
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19The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
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16Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.
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9Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
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16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
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1When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.
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15The LORD told Joshua,
- Josh 8:15-162 verses71%
15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
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11“Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
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15Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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6Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads.
- Josh 6:26-272 verses70%
26At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration:“The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the LORD. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!”
27The LORD was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land.
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6Joshua told the priests,“Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
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13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.