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Now Jericho[H3405] was straitly[H5462] shut up[H5462]because[H6440] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: none went out[H3318], and none came in[H935].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], See[H7200], I have given[H5414] into thine hand[H3027]Jericho[H3405], and the king[H4428] thereof, and the mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428].
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And ye shall compass[H5437] the city[H5892], all ye men[H582] of war[H4421], and go round about[H5362] the city[H5892]once[H6471]. Thus shalt thou do[H6213]six[H8337]days[H3117].
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And seven[H7651]priests[H3548] shall bear[H5375]before[H6440] the ark[H727]seven[H7651]trumpets[H7782] of rams' horns[H3104]: and the seventh[H7637]day[H3117] ye shall compass[H5437] the city[H5892]seven[H7651]times[H6471], and the priests[H3548] shall blow[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782].
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And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long[H4900] blast with the ram's horn[H7161], and when ye hear[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], all the people[H5971] shall shout[H7321] with a great[H1419]shout[H8643]; and the wall[H2346] of the city[H5892] shall fall down[H5307]flat[H8478], and the people[H5971] shall ascend up[H5927] every man[H376] straight before him.
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And Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126]called[H7121] the priests[H3548], and said[H559] unto them, Take up[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285], and let seven[H7651]priests[H3548]bear[H5375]seven[H7651]trumpets[H7782] of rams' horns[H3104]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068].
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And he said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Pass on[H5674], and compass[H5437] the city[H5892], and let him that is armed[H2502] pass on[H5674]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068].
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And it came to pass, when Joshua[H3091] had spoken[H559] unto the people[H5971], that the seven[H7651]priests[H3548]bearing[H5375] the seven[H7651]trumpets[H7782] of rams' horns[H3104] passed on[H5674]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and blew[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782]: and the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068]followed[H1980]them[H310].
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And the armed[H2502] men went[H1980]before[H6440] the priests[H3548] that blew[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782], and the rereward[H622]came[H1980]after[H310] the ark[H727], the priests[H3548] going on[H1980], and blowing[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782].
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And Joshua[H3091] had commanded[H6680] the people[H5971], saying[H559], Ye shall not shout[H7321], nor make any noise[H8085] with your voice[H6963], neither shall any word[H1697]proceed[H3318] out of your mouth[H6310], until the day[H3117] I bid[H559] you shout[H7321]; then shall ye shout[H7321].
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So the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]compassed[H5437] the city[H5892], going about[H5362] it once[H6471]: and they came[H935] into the camp[H4264], and lodged[H3885] in the camp[H4264].
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And Joshua[H3091] rose early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and the priests[H3548] took up[H5375] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068].
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And seven[H7651]priests[H3548]bearing[H5375]seven[H7651]trumpets[H7782] of rams' horns[H3104]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]went[H1980]on[H1980]continually[H1980], and blew[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782]: and the armed men[H2502]went[H1980]before[H6440] them; but the rereward[H622]came[H1980]after[H310] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068], the priests[H3548] going on[H1980], and blowing[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782].
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And the second[H8145]day[H3117] they compassed[H5437] the city[H5892]once[H6471], and returned[H7725] into the camp[H4264]: so they did[H6213]six[H8337]days[H3117].
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And it came to pass on the seventh[H7637]day[H3117], that they rose early[H7925] about the dawning[H5927] of the day[H7837], and compassed[H5437] the city[H5892] after the same manner[H4941]seven[H7651]times[H6471]: only on that day[H7837] they compassed[H5437] the city[H5892]seven[H7651]times[H6471].
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And it came to pass at the seventh[H7637]time[H6471], when the priests[H3548]blew[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782], Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Shout[H7321]; for the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] you the city[H5892].
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And the city[H5892] shall be accursed[H2764], even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD[H3068]: only Rahab[H7343] the harlot[H2181] shall live[H2421], she and all that are with her in the house[H1004], because she hid[H2244] the messengers[H4397] that we sent[H7971].
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And ye, in any wise[H7535]keep[H8104] yourselves from the accursed[H2763]thing[H2764], lest ye make[H7760] yourselves accursed[H2763], when ye take[H3947] of the accursed[H2763]thing[H2764], and make[H7760] the camp[H4264] of Israel[H3478] a curse[H2764], and trouble[H5916] it.
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But all the silver[H3701], and gold[H2091], and vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178] and iron[H1270], are consecrated[H6944] unto the LORD[H3068]: they shall come[H935] into the treasury[H214] of the LORD[H3068].
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So the people[H5971]shouted[H7321] when the priests blew[H8628] with the trumpets[H7782]: and it came to pass, when the people[H5971]heard[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], and the people[H5971]shouted[H7321] with a great[H1419]shout[H8643], that the wall[H2346] fell down flat[H5307], so that the people[H5971] went up[H5927] into the city[H5892], every man[H376] straight before him, and they took[H3920] the city[H5892].
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And they utterly destroyed[H2763] all that was in the city[H5892], both man[H376] and woman[H802], young[H5288] and old[H2205], and ox[H7794], and sheep[H7716], and ass[H2543], with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719].
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But Joshua[H3091] had said[H559] unto the two[H8147]men[H582] that had spied out[H7270] the country[H776], Go[H935] into the harlot's house[H1004], and bring out[H3318] thence the woman[H802], and all that she hath, as ye sware[H7650] unto her.
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And the young men[H5288] that were spies[H7270] went in[H935], and brought out[H3318]Rahab[H7343], and her father[H1], and her mother[H517], and her brethren[H251], and all that she had; and they brought out[H3318] all her kindred[H4940], and left[H3240] them without[H2351] the camp[H4264] of Israel[H3478].
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And they burnt[H8313] the city[H5892] with fire[H784], and all that was therein: only the silver[H3701], and the gold[H2091], and the vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178] and of iron[H1270], they put[H5414] into the treasury[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Joshua[H3091]saved[H2421]Rahab[H7343] the harlot[H2181]alive[H2421], and her father's household[H1004], and all that she had; and she dwelleth[H3427]in[H7130]Israel[H3478] even unto this day[H3117]; because she hid[H2244] the messengers[H4397], which Joshua[H3091]sent[H7971] to spy out[H7270]Jericho[H3405].
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And Joshua[H3091]adjured[H7650] them at that time[H6256], saying[H559], Cursed[H779] be the man[H376]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], that riseth up[H6965] and buildeth[H1129] this city[H5892]Jericho[H3405]: he shall lay the foundation[H3245] thereof in his firstborn[H1060], and in his youngest[H6810] son shall he set up[H5324] the gates[H1817] of it.
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So the LORD[H3068] was with Joshua[H3091]; and his fame[H8089] was noised throughout all the country[H776].