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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