THE WALLS OF JERICHO
Joshua 6:1-20
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the
priests took up the ark of the LORD. 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. 14 And the
second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the
camp: so they did six days. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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