So Joshuathe sonof Nuncalledthe priestsand saidto them, "Takeup the arkof the covenant,and let sevenpriestscarryseventrumpetsof rams'hornsbeforethe arkof the LORD."
"You shall putthe polesinto the ringson the sidesof the ark,to carrythe arkwith them.
NowSaul,stillbreathingthreatsand murderagainstthe disciplesof the Lord,wentto the high priest,
You crossedthe Jordanand cameto Jericho;and the citizensof Jerichofoughtagainst you, [and] the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Girgashite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite.Thus I gavethem into your hand.
and they commandedthe people,saying,"When you seethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour Godwith the Leviticalpriestscarryingit, then you shall setout from your placeand goafterit.
And Joshuaspoketo the priests,saying,"Takeup the arkof the covenantand crossoveraheadof the people."So they tookup the arkof the covenantand wentaheadof the people.
The sevenpriestscarryingthe seventrumpetsof rams'hornsbeforethe arkof the LORDwenton continually,and blewthe trumpets;and the armedmen wentbeforethem and the rearguardcameafterthe arkof the LORD,while they continuedto blowthe trumpets.
"It shall be that when they makea longblastwith the ram'shorn,and when you hearthe soundof the trumpet,allthe peopleshall shoutwith a greatshout;and the wallof the citywill falldownflat,and the peoplewill goup everymanstraightahead."
Then he saidto the people,"Goforward,and marcharoundthe city,and let the armedmen goon beforethe arkof the LORD."
And it was [so], that when Joshuahad spokento the people,the sevenpriestscarryingthe seventrumpetsof rams'hornsbeforethe LORDwentforwardand blewthe trumpets;and the arkof the covenantof the LORDfollowedthem.
When the peoplecameinto the camp,the eldersof Israelsaid,"Whyhas the LORDdefeatedus todaybeforethe Philistines?Let us taketo ourselves from Shilohthe arkof the covenantof the LORD,that it may comeamongus and deliverus from the powerof our enemies."
