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.
