And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Lift up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ before the ark of Jehovah.
And you crossed over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the masters of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I gave them into your hand.
And they charged the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, and the Levites bearing it, even you shall pull up stakes from your place and shall go after it.
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and go before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.
And seven priests bearing seven rams’ horns of trumpets were walking before the ark of Jehovah, going on, and were blowing with the rams’ horns. And he who was armed went before them. And the rear guard went behind the ark of Jehovah, going on and blowing with the trumpets of rams’ horns
And it shall be, when they blow long with the rams’ horn, and when you hear the sound of the rams’ horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city shall fall underneath; and the people shall go up, each man in front of him.
And it happened, when Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Jehovah passed on and blew with the rams` horns. And the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went after them.
And the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah stricken us today before the Philistines? Let us take the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to us from Shiloh, and let it come into our midst; and it will save us from the palm of our enemies.