Joshua 6

1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

2 And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.

3 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

5 And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

7 And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

8 After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

9 While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.

10 But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”

11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.

12 Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

13 And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.

14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

15 Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

16 After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

17 Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”

20 So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

21 With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

22 Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

23 So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

25 And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

26 At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.

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.

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 sware unto her.

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.

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.

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.

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.

27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was [noised] throughout all the country.

1 And Jericho was shut up, and kept from the children of Israel, that no man might come in or go out.

2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Behold, I have delivered Jericho into thine hand, and her king, and her men of war.

3 Let all the men of war go round about the city once; and do so six days.

4 And on the seventh day let the priests take seven trumpets of the trumpet before the ark, and go about the city seven times on the seventh day, and let the priests blow with the trumpets.

5 And when they blow the trumpet in the year of jubile, and sound the trumpet, then shall all the people make a great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall down, and the people shall fall every man straight before him;

6 Then Joshua the son of Nun called unto the priests, and said unto them: Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of the LORD.

7 And he said unto the people, Go and compass the city, and let him that is armed go before the ark of the LORD.

8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had told the people, that the seven priests brought seven trumpets before the ark of the LORD, and went and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

9 And he that was armed went before the priests that blew with the trumpets: and the multitude followed after the ark, and blew with the trumpets.

10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying: Ye shall not make a shout, nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day that I shall say unto you: Make a shout; then make a shout.

11 So the ark of the LORD went round about the city once; and they entered into the camp, and abode therein.

12 For Joshua rose up early in the morning, and the priests bare the ark of the LORD.

13 So the seven priests bare the seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of the LORD, and went and blew with the trumpets: and they that were armed went before them, and the company followed the ark of the LORD, and blew with the trumpets.

14 And the next day they went about the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.

15 And on the seventh day, when the dawn was risen, they rose up early, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: so that on that day they compassed the city seven times.

16 And the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Make a noise: for the LORD hath given you the city.

17 But this city, and all that is therein, shall be utterly destroyed unto the LORD. But Rahab the harlot shall live, and all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers which we sent.

18 But beware of him that is banished, lest ye banish yourselves, and take any thing of him that is banished, and banish the camp of Israel, and bring evil upon it.

19 And all the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, shall be sanctified unto the LORD, to be the treasures of the LORD.

20 And the people made a great shout, and blew with the trumpets. And when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they made a great shout. And the walls fell down, and the people went up into the city every man straight before him. So they took the city.

21 And they utterly destroyed all that were in the city with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep, and ass.

22 And Joshua said unto the two men that spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out the woman from thence, and all that she hath, as ye sware.

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 all her family, and left them without the camp of Israel.

24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. But the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put for a treasure into the house of the LORD.

25 And Rahab the harlot, and her father's house, and all that she had, let Joshua live. And she dwelt in Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 At that time Joshua sware, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD that setteth up and buildeth this city Jericho. When he layeth the foundation thereof, it shall cost him his first son: and when he setteth up the gates thereof, it shall cost him his youngest son.

27 So the LORD was with Joshua, that it was said of him throughout all the earth.