And sevenpriestsshallbearbefore the ark seventrumpets of rams’horns: and the seventh day ye shallcompass the cityseventimes, and the priestsshallblowwith the trumpets.
And it shallcome to pass, thatwhentheymake a longblastwith the ram’shorn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the peopleshallshoutwith a greatshout; and the wall of the cityshallfalldownflat, and the peopleshallascend up every man straightbefore him.
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and saiduntothem, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let sevenpriestsbearseventrumpets of rams’hornsbefore the ark of the LORD.
And it came to pass, whenJoshua had spokenunto the people, that the sevenpriestsbearing the seventrumpets of rams’hornspassed on before the LORD, and blewwith the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORDfollowedthem.
And the armed men wentbefore the prieststhatblewwith the trumpets, and the rerewardcameafter the ark, the priestsgoing on, and blowingwith the trumpets.
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noisewithyourvoice, neithershall any wordproceed out of yourmouth, until the day I bid you shout; thenshall ye shout.
And sevenpriestsbearingseventrumpets of rams’hornsbefore the ark of the LORDwent on continually, and blewwith the trumpets: and the armed men wentbeforethem; but the rerewardcameafter the ark of the LORD, the priestsgoing on, and blowingwith the trumpets.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, thattheyroseearlyabout the dawning of the day, and compassed the cityafter the samemannerseventimes: only on that day theycompassed the cityseventimes.
And the cityshall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: onlyRahab the harlotshalllive, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengersthat we sent.
And ye, in any wisekeepyourselvesfrom the accursedthing, lest ye makeyourselvesaccursed, when ye take of the accursedthing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
So the peopleshoutedwhen the priestsblewwith the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the peopleheard the sound of the trumpet, and the peopleshoutedwith a greatshout, that the wallfelldownflat, so that the peoplewent up into the city, every man straightbefore him, and theytook the city.
But Joshua had saidunto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’shouse, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swareunto her.
And the young men thatwerespieswent in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and theybrought out all her kindred, and leftthemwithout the camp of Israel.
And theyburnt the citywithfire, 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.
And JoshuasavedRahab the harlotalive, and her father’shousehold, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israelevenuntothis day; because she hid the messengers, whichJoshuasent to spy out Jericho.
And Joshuaadjuredthem at thattime, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, thatriseth up and buildeththiscityJericho: he shall lay the foundationthereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.