Joshua 6 - Israeli Authorized Version

¹ Now Yericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Yisrael: none went out, and none came in.

² And YY said unto Y'howshu`a, See, I have given into thine hand Yericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

³ And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

⁴ And seven kohanim shall bear before the ark seven shofars of rams' shofars: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the kohanim shall blow with the shofars.

⁵ And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's shofar, and when ye hear the sound of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

⁶ And Y'howshu`a the son of Nun called the kohanim, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven kohanim bear seven shofars of rams' shofars before the ark of YY .

⁷ And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of YY .

⁸ And it came to pass, when Y'howshu`a had spoken unto the people, that the seven kohanim bearing the seven shofars of rams' shofars passed on before YY , and blew with the shofars: and the ark of the covenant of YY followed them.

⁹ And the armed men went before the kohanim that blew with the shofars, and the rereward came after the ark, the kohanim going on, and blowing with the shofars.

¹⁰ And Y'howshu`a had Commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

¹¹ So the ark of YY compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

¹² And Y'howshu`a rose early in the morning, and the kohanim took up the ark of YY .

¹³ And seven kohanim bearing seven shofars of rams' shofars before the ark of YY went on continually, and blew with the shofars: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of YY , the kohanim going on, and blowing with the shofars.

¹⁴ And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

¹⁵ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

¹⁶ And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the kohanim blew with the shofars, Y'howshu`a said unto the people, Shout; for YY hath given you the city.

¹⁷ And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to YY : only RAchav the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

¹⁸ And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Yisrael a curse, and trouble it.

¹⁹ But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto YY : they shall come into the treasury of YY .

²⁰ So the people shouted when the kohanim blew with the shofars: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the shofar, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

²¹ And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

²² But Y'howshu`a had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

²³ And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out RAchav, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Yisrael.

²⁴ And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of YY .

²⁵ And Y'howshu`a saved RAchav the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Yisrael even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Y'howshu`a sent to spy out Yericho.

²⁶ And Y'howshu`a adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before YY , that riseth up and buildeth this city Yericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

²⁷ So YY was with Y'howshu`a; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.