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And Jericho was closed··up and had closed· itself ·up from before the sons of Israel; none went··out and none came··in.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and her king and* the mighty··men of valor.
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And you shall go··around the city, all the men◦ of war, circle the city one time◦. Thus shalt thou do six days.
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And seven priests shall bear seven shophars* of the jubilee before the ark; and on◦ the seventh day you shall go··around the city seven times◦, and the priests shall sound with the shophars,
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and it shall be when they shall draw··out a blast with the horn of the jubilee, when you hear the voice of the shophar, all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city shall fall under itself and the people shall go··up, each man◦ to the front··of him.
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And Joshua the son of Nun called to▵ the priests, and said to▵ them, Bear the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests Bear seven shophars of jubilee before the ark of Jehovah.
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And they said to▵ the people, cross··over and go··around the city, and let him who is armed◦ cross··over before the ark of Jehovah.
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And it was, as Joshua spoke◦ to▵ the people, the seven priests bearing the seven shophars of jubilee before Jehovah crossed··over, and sounded with the shophars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah going◦ after them.
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And he who was armed◦ walked before the priests who sounded the shophars, and they who gathered··in the column* walked after the ark, walking and the priests sounding with the shophars.
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And Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall a word go··out of your mouth, until the day of my saying to▵ you, shout; then shall you shout.
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And he caused the ark of Jehovah to go··around the city, circling it one time◦; and they came to▫ the camp and passed··the··night in the camp.
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And Joshua got··up··early in the morning, and the priests lifted··up the ark of Jehovah.
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And seven of the priests bearing the seven shophars of the jubilee walked before the ark of Jehovah, walking and sounding with the shophars, and he who was armed◦ walking before them, and they who gathered··in the column walked behind the ark of Jehovah, the priests walking and sounding with the shophars.
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And they went··around the city the second day one time◦ and returned to▫ the camp; thus they did six days.
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And it was, on◦ the seventh day, that they got··up··early as the dawn came··up, and went··around the city according··to this manner◦ seven times◦; only on◦ that◦ day they went··around the city seven times◦.
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And it was, at the seventh time◦, the priests sounded with the shophars, and Joshua said to▵ the people, Shout, for Jehovah has given to you the city.
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And the city shall be devoted,* she and all that is in her, to Jehovah; only Raḥab the harlot shall live, she◦ and all who are with her in the house, for she hid··away the messengers whom we sent.
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And you◦, only keep yourselves from the devoted··thing; lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted··thing and you make▫ the camp of Israel a doomed··thing, and trouble it.
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And all the silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron, it◦ is holiness to Jehovah; it shall come··into the treasury of Jehovah.
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And the people shouted, and they sounded with the shophars; and it was, as the people heard the voice of the shophar, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell under itself, and the people went··up into the city, each··man◦ to the front··of him, and they captured the city.
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And they devoted all that was in the city, from a man◦ even··to a woman, from a lad even··to an elder, and even··to an ox, and a sheep◦, and a donkey, to the mouth of the sword.
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And Joshua said unto the two men◦ that had spied··out the land, Go··into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring··out thence the woman, and all that she has, as◦ you promised to her.
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And the lads, the spies, came and brought··out Raḥab and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had◦; and all her families they brought··out, and placed them outside the camp of Israel.
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And the city they burnt··up with fire, and all that was in her; only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they gave into the treasure of the house of Jehovah.
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But Raḥab the harlot and the house of her father and all that she had◦, Joshua caused to live, and she dwells among Israel to◦ this day; for she hid··away the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy··out Jericho.
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And Joshua promised at that◦ time, saying, Cursed be the man◦ before Jehovah, who rises··up and builds this city Jericho; with his firstborn shall he lay· her ·foundation, and with the youngest▵ he shall set··up her doors.
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And Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
