Joshua 6

Now Jericho {was} shutting and {was} being shut up from the face of the sons of Israel. There was no going out and there was no coming in.

And God said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, and its king, the warriors of valor. \*

And you shall circle the city, all of the men of war, circling the city one time. Thus you shall do six days.

And seven priests shall carry seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box. And on the seventh day you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall blow on the shofars. \*

And it will happen, when they make a long blast with the horn of the ram, as soon as you hear the sound of the shofar, all of the people shall shout a great shout. And the wall of the city will fall under itself and the people shall go up, a man in front of him.” \*

So Joshua, the son of Nun, called to the priests and said to them, “Carry the Box of the Covenant, and seven priests shall carry seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box of God.”

And he said to the people, “Pass over and circle the city, and the armed {ones} will pass over to the face of the Box of God.” \*

And it happened, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that seven priests carrying seven shofars of rams to the face of God passed over and blew on the shofars. And the Box of the Covenant of God was going behind them.

And the armed {ones} {were} walking to the face of the priests blowing the shofars. And the rearguard {was} walking behind the Box, walking and blowing on the shofars. \*

And Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout, and you shall not make your voice heard, and a word shall not go out from your mouth until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”

And he made the Box of God circle the city, circling one time. Then they entered the camp, and they lodged in the camp. \*

And Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests carried the Box of God.

And the seven priests carrying the seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box of God walking, {were} walking, and they blew on the shofars. And the armed {ones} {were} walking to their faces, and the rearguard {was} walking behind the Box of God, walking and blowing on the shofars.

And they circled the city one time on the second day, and they returned {to} the camp. Thus they did six days. \*

And it happened on the seventh day that they got up early, as soon as the dawn had risen, and they circled the city according to this manner seven times. Only on that day they circled the city seven times.

And it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew on the shofars. And Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for God has given the city to you! \*

And the city is a devoted thing, it and all that {is} in it, for God. Only Rahab the prostitute will live, she and all who {are} with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

But only you, keep yourselves from a devoted thing, lest you are devoting and you take from the devoted thing and you make the camp of Israel into a devoted thing and trouble it.

And all of the silver and gold and objects of bronze and iron, it is a holy thing for God. It shall enter the storehouse of God.” \*

And the people shouted, and they blew on the shofars. And it happened, when the people heard the sound of the shofar and the people shouted a great shout, that the wall fell under itself, and the people went up to the city, a man in front of him, and they captured the city.

And they devoted all that {was} in the city, from man and to woman, from young and to old, and to ox and sheep and donkey, to the mouth of the sword. \*

And Joshua said to the two men having spied out the land, “Enter the house of the woman, the prostitute, and bring out from there the woman and all who {are} to her, just as you swore to her.” \*

And the young men having spied entered and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all who {were} to her. And they brought out all of her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel.

And they burned with fire the city and all that {was} in it. Only the silver and the gold and the objects of bronze and iron, they put {in} the storehouse of the house of God. \*

And Joshua kept alive Rahab the prostitute and the house of her father and all who {were} to her. And she has dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho. \*

And Joshua made {them} swear at that time, saying, “Cursed {is} the man to the face of God who arises and builds this city, Jericho. With his firstborn he will found it, and with his youngest he will set up its gates.”

And God was with Joshua, and the report of him was in all of the land. \*