Josué 6

¹ Now Jericho was straitlyThat none could go out.That none could go in.shut upfor fear of the Israelites.because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

² And the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, Behold, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho and the King thereof, and the strong men of warre.

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

⁴ And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets ofThat the conquest might not be assigned to man's power, but to the mercy of God, which with most weak things can overcome that which seems most strong.rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

⁵ And when they make a long blast with the rams horne, and ye heare the sound of the trumpet, al the people shal shoute with a great shoute: then shall the wall of the citie fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp, euery man streight before him.

⁶ Then, Ioshua the sonne of Nun called the Priests & said vnto them, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rams hornes before the Arke of the Lord.

⁷ And he said unto the people,This is chiefly meant by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

⁸ And when Ioshua had spoken vnto the people, the seuen Priestes bare the seuen trumpets of rams hornes, and went foorth before the Arke of the Lorde, and blew with the trumpets, & the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord followed them.

⁹ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and theMeaning, the gathering host, in which was the standard of the tribe of Dan, (Num_10:25).rereward came after the ark, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

¹⁰ (Nowe Ioshua had commaunded the people, saying, Ye shall nor shout, neither make any noyse with your voyce, neither shall a worde proceede out of your mouth, vntill the day that I say vnto you, Shout, then shall ye shoute)

¹¹ So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it]For that day.once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

¹² And Ioshua rose early in the morning, and the Priestes bare the Arke of the Lord:

¹³ And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but theThe tribe of Dan was so called, because it marched last and gathered up whatever was left of others.rereward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

¹⁴ And the second day they compassed the citie once, and returned into the host: thus they did sixe dayes.

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 mannerBeside every day once for the space of six days.seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

¹⁶ And when the Priests had blowen ye trumpets the seuenth time, Ioshua said vnto ye people, Shoute: for the Lord hath giuen you the citie.

¹⁷ And the city shall beThat is appointed wholly to be destroyed.accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

¹⁸ Notwithstanding, be ye ware of the execrable thing, lest ye make your selues execrable, and in taking of the execrable thing, make also the hoste of Israel execrable, and trouble it.

¹⁹ But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, [are]And therefore cannot be put to any private use, but must be first molten, and then serve for the Tabernacle.consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

²⁰ So the people shouted, whe they had blowen trumpets: for when the people had heard the sound of the trumpet, they shouted with a great shoute: and the wall fel downe flat: so the people went vp into the citie, euery man streight before him: and they tooke the citie.

²¹ And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sword.

²² But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her.

²³ And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left themFor it was not lawful for strangers to dwell among the Israelites, till they were purged.without the camp of Israel.

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 theMeaning, the tabernacle.house of the LORD.

²⁵ And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and sheFor she was married to Salmon prince of the tribe of Judah, (Mat_1:5).dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

²⁶ And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho:He will build it to the destruction of all his stock, which was fulfilled in Hiel of Beth-el, (1Ki_16:34).he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.

²⁷ So the Lord was with Ioshua, and he was famous through all the world.