1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2And Yehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3And you shall march around the city, all the men of war, going around the city once. Thus you shall do six days. 4And seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark: and on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight ahead. 6And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yehovah. 7And they said to the people, Pass on, and march around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yehovah. 8And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yehovah followed them. 9And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 10And Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, nor shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout; then you shall shout. 11So he caused the ark of Yehovah to go around the city, circling it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yehovah. 13And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rear guard came after the ark of Yehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 14And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. 15And it happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times: only on that day they marched around the city seven times. 16And it happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yehovah has given you the city. 17And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yehovah: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. 19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are holy to Yehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Yehovah. 20So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets: and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. 21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. 22And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring out the woman from there, and all that she has, as you swore to her. 23And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them outside the camp of Israel. 24And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Yehovah. 25But Rahab the prostitute, and her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yehovah, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates. 27So Yehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.