| Chapter 6
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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 valor. |
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 rearward 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 rearward 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.
Matt 1:5
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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. |