Jos 6 | ABEn | STEP | And Jericho was closed up, and fortified from before the sons of Israel. And no one went forth from out of it, and neither entered.

Joshua 6

CHAPTER 6 Israel Arrives at Jericho

1 And Jericho was closed up, and fortified from before the sons of Israel. And no one went forth from out of it, and neither entered. 2 And the lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver up to you [³under your hand ²to you ¹Jericho], and its king, the one in it, and the mighty ones in strength. 3 And let [⁴circle ⁵the ⁶city ¹all ²men ³of war] round about the city! Once thus they shall do for six days. 4 And seven priests shall take seven horns of the ram before the ark. And on the [²day ¹seventh] circle the city seven times! and the priests shall trump the horns. 5 And it will be as whenever you should sound the trumpet of the ram, in your hearing the sound of the horn, let [⁴shout aloud ¹all ²the ³people]! And with their shouting aloud [⁵shall fall ⁶by themselves ¹the ²walls ³of the ⁴city] underneath them, and [⁴shall enter ¹all ²the ³people], [²advancing ¹each] in front into the city. 6 And [⁴entered ¹Joshua ²the son ³of Nun] to the priests, and he said to them, You take the ark of the covenant! and seven priests shall take seven horns of the ram, according to the front of the ark of the lord. 7 And he said to them, saying, Exhort the people to go around and circle the city, and [²the ones ³for combat ¹let] come near! arming themselves before the ark of the lord. 8 And it came to pass as Joshua spoke to the people, that the seven priests having seven [²trumpets ¹consecrated] also went by likewise before the lord, and they passed and signified intensely. And the ark of the covenant of the lord followed after them. 9 And the ones for combat came near in front. And the priests trumpeting the horns, and the rest of the multitude all together after the ark of the covenant of the lord, were going and trumpeting with the horns. 10 And to the people Joshua gave charge, saying, Do not yell nor let [²hear ¹any one] your voice! There shall not go through from your mouth a word until whenever he himself declares the day to yell out, and you shall yell out then. 11 And [⁶having gone around ¹the ²ark ³of the ⁴covenant ⁵of God] the city round about, immediately they went forth into the camp, and spent the night there. 12 And on the [²day ¹second] Joshua rose up in the morning, and [³lifted ¹the ²priests] the ark of the lord. 13 And the seven priests, the ones bringing the seven [²trumpets ¹consecrated] before the ark the lord went forth, and the priests trumping the trumpets, and after these, there entered the ones for combat, and the remaining multitude all together were behind the ark of the covenant of the lord, going and trumping with the horns.

Israel Encircles Jericho Seven Times

14 And they encircled the city on the [²day ¹second], once near to it; and they went forth again into the camp. So it was done for six days. 15 And it came to pass on the [²day ¹seventh ⁵rose up ³the ⁴expedition] at dawn and went around the city according to this practice seven times, only on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass in the [²circuit ¹seventh ⁵trumped ³the ⁴priests] with trumpets, and Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Cry out, [³delivered up ¹for ²the lord] the city to you! 17 And [³will be ¹the ²city] an offering for consumption, it and all as much as is in it, to the lord of the forces. Except Rahab the harlot -- protect her, and all as much as is of hers in the house! for she hid the messengers whom we sent. 18 But you guard from the offering for consumption! lest at any time pondering, you should take of the offering for consumption, and should make the camp of the sons of Israel an offering for consumption, and he should obliterate us. 19 And all silver or gold, and all brass and iron, will be holy to the lord; [²into ³the treasury ⁴of the lord ¹it shall be carried].

The Wall of Jericho Falls

20 And [³shouted ¹the ²people], and [³trumped ⁴the ⁵trumpets ¹the ²priests]. And as [³heard ¹the ²people] the sound of the trumpets, [⁴shouted ¹all ²the ³people] [⁴shout ¹a great ²and ³strong]. And [³fell ¹the ²wall] round about; and [³ascended ¹the ²people] into the city, each at his opposite, and overtook the city. 21 And they devoted it to consumption, and as much as was in the city, from man and unto woman, from young and unto old, and unto calf and sheep and beast of burden, by the mouth of the broadsword. 22 And to the two young men spying out the land, Joshua said, You enter into the house of the woman, the harlot, and lead her from there, and all as much as is with her, as you swore by an oath to her! 23 And [⁴entered ¹the ²two ³young men], the ones spying out the city, into the house of the woman; and they led out Rahab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all as much as was to her, and her kin. And they placed her outside the camp of Israel. 24 And the city was burned by fire with all the things in it. Except silver and gold and all brass and iron they yielded up unto the treasury to be carried in. 25 And Rahab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and all the things of hers, Joshua took alive. And she dwelt in Israel until the day today, because she hid the ones spying which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 And Joshua bound them by an oath in that day, saying, Accursed is the man who before the lord, who shall raise up or shall build that city Jericho; with his first-born he will lay the foundation for it, and with the least of his he shall set the gates of it. 27 And the lord was with Joshua, and [²was ¹his name] in all the land.