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          DASV: Joshua 6    

1 Now Jericho was securely locked down because of the Israelites;
no one went in or out.
2 The LORD said to Joshua, 'See, I have given Jericho,
its king and its warriors into your hand.
3 You and your warriors are to march around the city once a day.
Do this for six days.
4 Have seven priests carry seven rams' horn trumpets in
front of the ark. The seventh day march around the city
seven times, and have the priests blow the trumpets.
5 When they make a long blast with the ram's horn,
as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, have all
the people shout loudly and the wall of the city will fall
down flat and the people will be able to charge
in straight ahead."

6 Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said
to them, "Pick up the ark of the covenant, and let seven
priests carry seven rams' horn trumpets ahead of the ark
of the LORD."
7 He ordered the people, "Move out and march around the city,
and let the armed men go ahead of the ark of the LORD."
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests
bearing the seven rams' horn trumpets before the LORD
moved out, blew the trumpets and the ark of the covenant
of the LORD followed them.
9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets
and the rear guard followed the ark, blowing the trumpets.
10 Then Joshua commanded the people, saying, "Do not shout
or let your voice be heard, do not let your mouth say even
one word until the day I tell you to shout. Then you
will shout."
11 So he had the ark of the LORD circle the city one time.
Then they returned to camp and spent the night there.

12 Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests picked
up the ark of the LORD.
13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams' horn trumpets
in front of the ark of the LORD went on blowing the trumpets.
The armed men marched in front of them and the rear guard
came after the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets blew continually.
14 The second day they marched around the city once,
then returned into the camp. They did this for six days.

15 On the seventh day, they got up early at daybreak, and marched
around the city the same way they had done before, only on
that day they marched around the city seven times.
16 The seventh time around, as the priests blew the trumpets,
Joshua told the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.
17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD
for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are
with her in the house will live because she hid the spies we sent.
18 Stay away from the things devoted to destruction, so that
you do not take any of them thereby making the camp of Israel
itself an object for destruction, and bring trouble on it.
19 For all the silver and gold, and items of bronze and iron,
are holy to the LORD. They must go into the treasury of the LORD."

20 When the trumpet sounded and the troops heard the sound of
the trumpets, the troops shouted loudly, and the wall fell down flat,
so the troops went up into the city, every man straight before him,
and they captured it.
21 They completely destroyed all that was in the city with the sword,
both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep and donkeys.
22 Then Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land,
"Go into the prostitute's house, and bring the woman and
all that she has out here as you promised her."
23 So the young spies went in, and brought out Rahab, her father,
her mother, her brothers and all that she had. They brought
out her whole family and they took them to a place outside
the camp of Israel.

24 Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire.
The only exception being they put the objects of silver and gold,
and items of bronze and iron into the treasury of the house
of the LORD.
25 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's family and all that
she had, Joshua spared. She still lives in the midst of Israel
to this day, because she hid the agents Joshua sent to spy
out Jericho.
26 So Joshua pronounced a solemn oath at that time, saying,
      "Cursed before the LORD is the man
           who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho.
      With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation,
           with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates."
27 So the LORD was with Joshua and his fame spread through
the whole land.

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