| 6:1 |
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the
children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
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| 6:2 |
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into
thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty
men of valour.
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| 6:3 |
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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| 6:4 |
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.
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| 6:5 |
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.
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| 6:6 |
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.
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| 6:7 |
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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| 6:8 |
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.
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| 6:9 |
And the armed men went before the priests that blew
with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark,
the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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| 6:10 |
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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| 6:11 |
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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| 6:12 |
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests
took up the ark of the LORD.
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| 6:13 |
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 rereward came after the ark of the LORD,
the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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| 6:14 |
And the second day they compassed the city once, and
returned into the camp: so they did six days.
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| 6:15 |
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.
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| 6:16 |
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.
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| 6:17 |
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.
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| 6:18 |
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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| 6:19 |
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.
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| 6:20 |
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.
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| 6:21 |
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.
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| 6:22 |
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.
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| 6:23 |
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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| 6:24 |
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.
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| 6:25 |
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.
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| 6:26 |
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.
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| 6:27 |
So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised
throughout all the country.
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