King James VersionJoshua6

Joshua

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.