Dual Panel1Now Jericho <03405> was shut tightly <05462> <05462> because <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>. No one <0369> was allowed to leave <03318> or enter <0935>.
2The Lord <03068> told <0559> Joshua <03091>, “See <07200>, I am about to defeat Jericho <03405> for you, along with its king <04428> and its warriors <02428> <01368>.
3Have all <03605> the warriors <04421> <0376> march around <05437> the city <05892> one time <0259> <06471>; do <06213> this <03541> for six <08337> days <03117>.
4Have seven <07651> priests <03548> carry <05375> seven <07651> rams <03104>’ horns <07782> in front <06440> of the ark <0727>. On the seventh <07637> day <03117> march around <05437> the city <05892> seven <07651> times <06471>, while the priests <03548> blow <08628> the horns <07782>.
5When <01961> you hear <08085> the <0853> signal <06963> from the ram’s <03104> horn <07161>, have the whole <03605> army <05971> give <07321> a loud <01419> battle cry <08643>. Then the city <05892> wall <02346> will collapse <05307> and the warriors <0376> <05971> should charge <05927> straight ahead <05048>.”
6So Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126> summoned <07121> the priests <03548> and instructed <0559> them <0413>, “Pick up <05375> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285>, and seven <07651> priests <03548> must carry <05375> seven <07651> rams <03104>’ horns <07782> in front <06440> of the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>.”
7And he told <0559> the army <05971>, “Move ahead <05674> and march around <05437> the city <05892>, with armed <02502> troops going <05674> ahead <06440> of the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>.”
8When <01961> Joshua <03091> gave the army <05971> its orders <0559>, the seven <07651> priests <03548> carrying <05375> the seven <07651> rams <03104>’ horns <07782> before <06440> the Lord <03068> moved ahead <05674> and blew <08628> the horns <07782> as the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> followed <01980> behind <0310>.
9Armed <02502> troops marched <01980> ahead <06440> of the priests <03548> blowing <08628> the horns <07782>, while the rear guard <0622> followed along <01980> behind <0310> the ark <0727> blowing <08628> rams’ horns <07782>.
10Now Joshua <03091> had instructed <06680> the army <05971>, “Do not <03808> give <07321> a battle cry <07321> or <03808> raise <08085> your voices <06963>; say <06310> <03318> nothing <01697> <03808> until <05704> the day <03117> I tell <0559> you, ‘Give <07321> the battle cry <07321>.’ Then give the battle cry <07321>!”
11So Joshua made sure they marched <05437> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> around <05362> the city <05892> one <0259> time <06471>. Then they went <0935> back to the camp <04264> and spent <03885> the night there <04264>.
12Bright and early <07925> the next morning <01242> Joshua <03091> had the priests <03548> pick up <05375> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>.
13The seven <07651> priests <03548> carrying <05375> the seven <07651> rams <03104>’ horns <07782> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> marched <01980> along <01980> blowing <08628> their horns <07782>. Armed <02502> troops marched <01980> ahead <06440> of them, while the rear guard <0622> followed <01980> along behind <0310> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> blowing <08628> rams’ horns <07782>.
14They marched <05437> around the city <05892> one <0259> time <06471> on the second <08145> day <03117>, then returned <07725> to the camp <04264>. They did <06213> this <03541> six <08337> days <03117> in all.
15On the seventh <07637> day <03117> they were <01961> up <07925> at the crack of dawn <07837> <07837> and marched around <05437> the city <05892> as before <06471>– only <07535> this <02088> time <03117> they <01931> marched around <05437> it seven <07651> times <06471>.
16The seventh <07637> time <06471> around, the priests <03548> blew <08628> the rams’ horns <07782> and Joshua <03091> told <0559> the army <05971>, “Give the battle cry <07321>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> is handing <05414> the city <05892> over <05414> to you!
17The city <05892> and all <03605> that <0834> is in it must be set apart for the Lord <03068>, except <07535> for Rahab <07343> the prostitute <02181> and all <03605> who <0834> are with <0854> her in her house <01004>, because <03588> she hid <02244> the spies <04397> we sent <07971>.
18But <07535> be careful <08104> when you <0859> are setting apart <02763> the riches <02764> for the Lord. If <06435> you take <03947> any of it, you will make <07760> the Israelite <03478> camp <04264> subject to annihilation <02764> and cause a disaster <05916>.
19All <03605> the silver <03701> and gold <02091>, as well as bronze <05178> and iron <01270> items <03627>, belong to the Lord <03068>. They must go <0935> into the Lord’s <03068> treasury <0214>.”
20The rams’ horns <07782> sounded <08628> and when <01961> the army <05971> heard <08085> the signal <07782> <06963>, they <05971> gave <07321> a loud <01419> battle cry <08643>. The wall <02346> collapsed <08478> <05307> and the warriors <05971> charged <05927> straight ahead <05048> into the city <05892> and captured <03920> it.
21They annihilated <02763> with the sword <02719> everything <03605> that <0834> breathed in the city <05892>, including men <0376> and women <0802>, young <05288> and old <02205>, as well as <05704> cattle <07794>, sheep <07716>, and donkeys <02543>.
22Joshua <03091> told <0559> the two <08147> men <0582> who had spied <07270> on the land <0776>, “Enter <0935> the prostitute’s <02181> <0802> house <01004> and bring out <03318> the woman <0802> and all <03605> who <0834> belong to her as <0834> you promised <07650> her.”
23So the young <05288> spies <07270> went <0935> and brought out <03318> Rahab <07343>, her father <01>, mother <0517>, brothers <0251>, and all <03605> who <0834> belonged to her. They brought out <03318> her whole <03605> family <04940> and took <03240> them to a place outside <02351> the Israelite <03478> camp <04264>.
24But they burned <08313> the city <05892> and all <03605> that <0834> was in it, except <07535> for the silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and bronze <05178> and iron <01270> items <03627> they put <05414> in the treasury <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> house <01004>.
25Yet Joshua <03091> spared <02421> Rahab <07343> the prostitute <02181>, her father’s <01> family <01004>, and all <03605> who <0834> belonged to her. She lives <03427> in <07130> Israel <03478> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117> because <03588> she hid <02244> the messengers <04397> Joshua <03091> sent <07971> to spy <07270> on Jericho <03405>.
26At that <01931> time <06256> Joshua <03091> made this solemn declaration <07650>: “The man <0376> who <0834> attempts <06965> to rebuild <01129> this <02063> city <05892> of Jericho <03405> will stand condemned before <06440> the Lord <03068>. He will lose his firstborn son <01060> when he lays <03245> its foundations <03245> and his youngest <06810> son when he erects <05324> its gates <01817>!”
27The Lord <03068> was <01961> with <0854> Joshua <03091> and he became <01961> famous <08089> throughout <03605> the land <0776>.