Joshua Chapter 6
6:1 | Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of ![]() |
6:2 | And the LORD said unto Joshua, ![]() ![]() |
6:3 | And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou ![]() ![]() |
6:4 | And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh ![]() ![]() |
6:5 | And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram' 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. |
6:6 | 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. |
6:7 | 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. |
6:8 | 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. |
6:9 | 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. |
6:10 | 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 ![]() |
6:11 | So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. |
6:12 | And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. |
6:13 | 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. |
6:14 | And the second ![]() ![]() |
6:15 | And it came to pass on the seventh ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6:16 | And it came to pass at the seventh ![]() |
6:17 | 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 ![]() |
6:18 | 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 ![]() |
6:19 | But all the silver, and ![]() |
6:20 | 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. |
6:21 | And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and ![]() ![]() |
6:22 | But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot' ![]() |
6:23 | 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 ![]() |
6:24 | And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the ![]() ![]() |
6:25 | And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father' household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in ![]() ![]() |
6:26 | And Joshua adjured [them] at that ![]() |
6:27 | So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was [noised] throughout all the country. |