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The Siege Of Jericho

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

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2 And YAHWEH said to Yehoshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

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

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4 And seven kohenim shall bear before the ark seven shofar of rams' horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the kohenim shall blow with the shofar.

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5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the shofar of ram's horn, and when you 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.

The City Is Compassed

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6 ?And Yehoshua the son of Nun called the kohenim, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH, and let the seven kohenim carry seven shofar of rams' horns before the ark of the covenant.

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

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8 And it came to pass, when Yehoshua had spoken to the people, that the seven kohenim carrying the seven shofar of rams' horns passed on before YAHWEH, and blew with the shofar: and the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH followed them.

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

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10 And Yehoshua had commanded the people, saying, You 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 to shout; then shall you shout.

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

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12 And Yehoshua rose early in the morning, and the kohenim took up the ark of YAHWEH.

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

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

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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.

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16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the kohenim blew with the shofar, Yehoshua said to the people, Shout; for YAHWEH has given you the city.

Jericho Is Taken, Rahab And Her Family Are Saved

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

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

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

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20 So the people shouted when the kohenim blew with the shofar: 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.

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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.

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22 But Yehoshua had said to 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 has, as you swore to her.

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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 them without the camp of Yisrael.

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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 YAHWEH.

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25 And Yehoshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Yisrael even to this day; because she hid the messengers, which Yehoshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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26 And Yehoshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before YAHWEH, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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27 So YAHWEH was with Yehoshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.