Joshua 6

¹ (And JerichoJericho shuttethshutteth itself up, and is shut upshut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israelsons of Israel -- none going out, and none comingcoming in;)

² And JehovahJehovah saithsaith unto JoshuaJoshua, `SeeSee, I have givengiven into thy handhand JerichoJericho and its king -- mighty onesmighty ones of valourvalour,

³ and ye have compassedcompassed the citycity -- all the men of battlebattle -- goinggoing round the citycity once; thus thou dost six dayssix days;

⁴ and sevenseven priestspriests do bearbear sevenseven trumpetstrumpets of the jubileejubilee beforebefore the arkark, and on the seventhseventh dayday ye compasscompass the citycity sevenseven times, and the priestspriests blow with the trumpetstrumpets,

⁵ and it hath been, in the prolongation of the hornhorn of the jubileejubilee, in your hearinghearing the voicevoice of the trumpet, all the peoplepeople shoutshout -- a greatgreat shoutshout, and the wallwall of the citycity hath fallenfallen under it, and the peoplepeople have gone up, each over-against him.'

⁶ And JoshuaJoshua sonson of Nun callethcalleth unto the priestspriests, and saithsaith unto them, `BearBear ye the arkark of the covenant, and sevenseven priestspriests do BearBear sevenseven trumpetstrumpets of the jubileejubilee beforebefore the arkark of JehovahJehovah;'

⁷ and He saidsaid unto the people, `PassPass over, and compasscompass the citycity, and he who is armed doth PassPass over beforebefore the arkark of JehovahJehovah.'

⁸ And it cometh to passpass, when JoshuaJoshua speakethspeaketh unto the people, that the sevenseven priestspriests bearingbearing sevenseven trumpetstrumpets of the jubileejubilee beforebefore JehovahJehovah have passedpassed over and blown with the trumpetstrumpets, and the arkark of the covenant of JehovahJehovah is going afterafter them;

⁹ and he who is armed is going beforegoing before the priestspriests blowing the trumpetstrumpets, and he who is gathering up is going afterafter the arkark, going ongoing on and blowing with the trumpetstrumpets;

¹⁰ and the people hath JoshuaJoshua commandedcommanded, saying, `Ye do not shoutshout, nor cause your voicevoice to be heardheard, nor doth there go outgo out from your mouthmouth a wordword, till the day ofday of my saying unto you, shoutshout ye -- then ye have shoutedshouted.'

¹¹ And the arkark of JehovahJehovah doth compasscompass the citycity, goinggoing round once, and they comecome into the campcamp, and lodge in the campcamp.

¹² And JoshuaJoshua risethriseth earlyearly in the morningmorning, and the priestspriests bearbear the arkark of JehovahJehovah,

¹³ and sevenseven priestspriests bearingbearing sevenseven trumpetstrumpets of the jubileejubilee beforebefore the arkark of JehovahJehovah are walking, going ongoing on, and they have blown with the trumpetstrumpets -- and he who is armed is going beforegoing before them, and he who is gathering up is going behindbehind the arkark of JehovahJehovah -- going ongoing on and blowing with the trumpetstrumpets.

¹⁴ And they compasscompass the citycity on the second dayday once, and turn backback to the campcamp; thus they have done six dayssix days.

¹⁵ And it cometh to pass, on the seventhseventh dayday, that they riserise earlyearly, at the ascending of the dawndawn, and compasscompass the citycity, according to this manner, sevenseven times; (only, on that dayday they have compassedcompassed the citycity sevenseven times);

¹⁶ and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priestspriests have blown with the trumpetstrumpets, and JoshuaJoshua saithsaith unto the people, `ShoutShout ye, for JehovahJehovah hath givengiven to you the citycity;

¹⁷ and the citycity hath been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to JehovahJehovah; only Rahab the harlotharlot doth live, she and all who [are] with her in the househouse, for she hid the messengersmessengers whom we sentsent;

¹⁸ and surely ye have keptkept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the campcamp of IsraelIsrael become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

¹⁹ and all the silversilver and goldgold, and vesselsvessels of brassbrass and ironiron, holyholy they [are] to JehovahJehovah; into the treasurytreasury of JehovahJehovah they comecome.'

²⁰ And the peoplepeople shoutshout, and blow with the trumpetstrumpets, and it cometh to pass when the peoplepeople hearhear the voicevoice of the trumpet, that the peoplepeople shoutshout -- a greatgreat shoutshout, and the wallwall fallethfalleth under it, and the peoplepeople goeth up into the citycity, each over-against him, and they capturecapture the citycity;

²¹ and they devote all that [is] in the citycity, from manman even unto womanwoman, from youngyoung even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and assass, by the mouthmouth of the swordsword.

²² And to the twotwo men who are spying the landland JoshuaJoshua saidsaid, `GoGo into the house of thehouse of the womanwoman, the harlotharlot, and bringbring out thence the womanwoman, and all whom she hath, as ye have swornsworn to her.'

²³ And the youngyoung man, the spiesspies, go in and bringbring out Rahab, and her fatherfather, and her mothermother, and her brethrenbrethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her familiesfamilies they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the campcamp of IsraelIsrael.

²⁴ And the citycity they have burnt with firefire, and all that [is] in it; only, the silversilver and the goldgold, and the vesselsvessels of brassbrass, and of ironiron, they have givengiven [to] the treasurytreasury of the househouse of JehovahJehovah;

²⁵ and Rahab the harlotharlot, and the househouse of her fatherfather, and all whom she hath, hath JoshuaJoshua kept alive; and she dwellethdwelleth in the midst of IsraelIsrael unto this dayday, for she hid the messengersmessengers whom JoshuaJoshua sentsent to spyspy out JerichoJericho.

²⁶ And JoshuaJoshua adjureth [them] at that timetime, saying, `Cursed [is] the manman beforebefore JehovahJehovah who raiseth up and hath builtbuilt this citycity, [even] JerichoJericho; in his first-bornfirst-born he doth lay its foundationfoundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doorsdoors;'

²⁷ and JehovahJehovah is with JoshuaJoshua, and his fame is in all the landland.