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(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up , because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;)
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And Jehovah saith unto Joshua , `See , I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king -- mighty ones of valour ,
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and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days ;
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and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark , and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets ,
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and it hath been, in the prolongation of the horn of the jubilee , in your hearing the voice of the trumpet, all the people shout -- a great shout , and the wall of the city hath fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each over-against him.'
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And Joshua son of Nun calleth unto the priests , and saith unto them, `Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and seven priests do Bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah ;'
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and He said unto the people, `Pass over, and compass the city , and he who is armed doth Pass over before the ark of Jehovah .'
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And it cometh to pass , when Joshua speaketh unto the people, that the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown with the trumpets , and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them;
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and he who is armed is going before the priests blowing the trumpets , and he who is gathering up is going after the ark , going on and blowing with the trumpets ;
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and the people hath Joshua commanded , saying, `Ye do not shout , nor cause your voice to be heard , nor doth there go out from your mouth a word , till the day of my saying unto you, shout ye -- then ye have shouted .'
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And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city , going round once, and they come into the camp , and lodge in the camp .
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And Joshua riseth early in the morning , and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah ,
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and seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah are walking, going on , and they have blown with the trumpets -- and he who is armed is going before them, and he who is gathering up is going behind the ark of Jehovah -- going on and blowing with the trumpets .
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And they compass the city on the second day once, and turn back to the camp ; thus they have done six days .
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And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day , that they rise early , at the ascending of the dawn , and compass the city , according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times);
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and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the trumpets , and Joshua saith unto the people, `Shout ye, for Jehovah hath given to you the city ;
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and the city hath been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to Jehovah ; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who [are] with her in the house , for she hid the messengers whom we sent ;
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and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;
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and all the silver and gold , and vessels of brass and iron , holy they [are] to Jehovah ; into the treasury of Jehovah they come .'
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And the people shout , and blow with the trumpets , and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout -- a great shout , and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city , each over-against him, and they capture the city ;
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and they devote all that [is] in the city , from man even unto woman , from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass , by the mouth of the sword .
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And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said , `Go into the house of the woman , the harlot , and bring out thence the woman , and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.'
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And the young man, the spies , go in and bring out Rahab, and her father , and her mother , and her brethren , and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel .
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And the city they have burnt with fire , and all that [is] in it; only, the silver and the gold , and the vessels of brass , and of iron , they have given [to] the treasury of the house of Jehovah ;
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and Rahab the harlot , and the house of her father , and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day , for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho .
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And Joshua adjureth [them] at that time , saying, `Cursed [is] the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city , [even] Jericho ; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation , and in his youngest he doth set up its doors ;'
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and Jehovah is with Joshua , and his fame is in all the land .