Joshua Chapter 6

Joshua Chapter 6
1 Now Jericho was shut up, and closed,
because of the children of Israel: none
might go out nor enter in.
2 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
Behold, I have given into thine hand
Jericho and the king thereof, and the
strong men of war.
3 All ye therefore that be men of war,
shall compass the city, in going round
about the city once: thus shall you do six
days:
4 And seven priests shall bear seven
trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark:
and the seventh day ye shall compass the
city seven times, and the priests shall
blow with the trumpets.
5 And when they make a long blast with
the ram’s horn, and ye hear the sound of
the trumpet, all the people shall shout
with a great shout: then shall the wall of
the city fall down flat, and the people
shall ascend up, every man straight
before him.
6 Then 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 But he said unto the people, Go and
compass the city: and let him that is
armed, go forth before the ark of the
Lord.
8 And when Joshua had spoken unto the
people, the seven priests bear the seven
trumpets of rams’ horns, and went forth
before the ark of the Lord, and blew
with the trumpets, and the ark of the
covenant of the Lord followed them. 9
And the men of arms went before the
priests that blew the trumpets: then the
gathering host came after the ark, as they
went and blew the trumpets. 10 (Now
Joshua had commanded the people,
saying, Ye shall not shout, neither make
any noise with your voice, neither shall
a word proceed out of your mouth, until
the day that I say unto you, Shout, then
shall ye shout) 11 So the ark of the Lord
compassed the city, and went about it
once: then they returned into the host,
and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning,
and the priests bear the ark of the Lord:
13 Also seven priests bear seven
trumpets of rams’ horns, and went before
the ark of the Lord, and going blew with
the trumpets: and the men of arms went
before them, but the gathering host came
after the ark of the Lord, as they went
and blew the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed
the city once, and returned into the host:
thus they did six days.
15 And when the seventh day came, they
rose early, even with the dawning of the
day, and compassed the city after the
same manner seven times: only that day
they compassed the city seven times.
16 And when the priests had blown the
trumpets the seventh time, Joshua said
unto the people, Shout: for the Lord hath
given you the city. 17 And the city shall
be an execrable thing, both it, and all
that are therein, unto the Lord: only
Rahab the harlot shall live, she, and all
that are with her in the house: for she hid
the messengers that we sent.
18 Notwithstanding, be ye aware of the
execrable thing, lest ye make yourselves
execrable, and in taking of the execrable
thing, make also the host of Israel
execrable, and trouble it.
19 But all silver, and gold, and vessels
of brass, and iron shall be consecrated
unto the Lord, and shall come into the
Lord’s treasury. 20 So the people
shouted, when they had blown trumpets:
for when the people had heard the sound
of the trumpet, they shouted with a great
shout: and the wall fell down flat: so the
people went up into the city, every man
straight before him: and they took the
city.
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. 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
swear to her.
23 So 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: also they brought
out all her family, and put them without
the host of Israel. 24 After, they burned
the city with fire, and all that was
therein: only the silver and the gold, and
the vessels of brass and iron, they put
unto the treasure of the house of the
Lord.
25 So Joshua saved Rahab the harlot,
and her father’s household, and all that
she had; and she dwelt in Israel even
unto this day, because she had hid the
messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho.
26 And Joshua swear 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 eldest son, and in his
youngest son shall he set up the gates of
it.
27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and he
was famous through all the world.