Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was closely shut up and
besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.
2 And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold,
I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it,
aGr. mighty in strength.and its mighty men.
3 And do thou set the men of war round
about it. 5 And it shall be
that when ye shall sound with the trumpet,
bGr. let all the people, etc.all the people shall shout together. And when they have shouted, the walls of
the city shall fall
cOr, of their own accord.of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into
the city.
6 And Joshua the
son of Naue went in to the priests,
7 and spoke to them, saying, Charge
the people to go round, and encompass the city; and let your men of war pass
on armed before the Lord. 8 And let
seven priests having seven
dHeb. שופרות היובלים A. V. ‘ram's horns.’ Only in this place.sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and
let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.
9 And let the men of war proceed
before, and the priests bringing up the rear behind the ark of the covenant of
the Lord proceed sounding the trumpets.
10 And Joshua commanded the people,
saying, Cry not out, nor let any one hear your voice, until he himself declare
to you the
eGr. day.time to cry out, and then ye shall cry out.
11 And the ark of the covenant of God
having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there.
12 And on the second day Joshua rose
up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the
Lord. 13 And the seven priests
bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of
war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
14 And all the rest of the multitude
compassed the city six times from within a short distance, and went back again
into the camp; this they did six days.
15 And on the seventh day they rose
up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.
16 And it came to pass at the seventh
circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of
Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
17 And the city shall be
fOr, an accursed thing.devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye
save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house.
18 But keep yourselves strictly from
the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing,
and ye make the camp of the children of Israel an accursed thing, and destroy
us. 19 And all the silver, or gold,
or brass, or iron, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall be carried into the
treasury of the Lord.
20 And the priests sounded with the
trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at
once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all
the people went up into the city:
21 and Joshua devoted it to
destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man
and old, and calf and ass, with the
gGr. mouth.edge of the sword.
22 And Joshua said to the two young
men who had acted as spies, Go into the house of the woman, and bring her out
thence, and all that she has. 23 And
the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the
woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and
her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without
the camp of Israel. 24 And the city
was burnt with fire with all things that were in it; only of the silver, and
gold, and brass, and iron, they gave to be brought into the treasury of the
Lord.
25 And Joshua saved alive Raab the
harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel
until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho. 26 And Joshua adjured
them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed
be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay
the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in
his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bæthel; he laid the foundation in Abiron
his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest
hGr. saved.surviving son.
27 And the Lord was with Joshua, and
his name was in all the land.