Joshua 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Destruction of Jericho

Now Jericho^H3405 was tightly^H5462 shut^H5462 because^H4480^H6440 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478; no^H369 one^H369 went^H3318 out^H3318, and no^H369 one^H369 came^H935 in^H935.

Jos 6:2

Jos 6:2And Yahweh said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.

Jos 6:3

Jos 6:3“And you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.

Jos 6:4

Jos 6:4“Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

Jos 6:5

Jos 6:5“And it will 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 will fall down [fn]beneath itself, and the people will go up every man [fn]straight ahead.”

Jos 6:6

So Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Nun^H5126 called^H7121 the priests^H3548 and said^H559 to them, “Carry^H5375 the ark^H727 of the covenant^H1285, and let seven^H7651 priests^H3548 carry^H5375 seven^H7651 trumpets^H7782 of rams’^H3104 horns^H3104 before^H6440 the ark^H727 of Yahweh^H3068.”

Jos 6:7

Jos 6:7Then [fn]he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark of Yahweh.”

Jos 6:8

Jos 6:8And so it happened that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh passed on forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came after them.

Jos 6:9

Jos 6:9And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to blow the trumpets.

Jos 6:10

Jos 6:10But Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout!”

Jos 6:11

Jos 6:11So he had the ark of Yahweh [fn]taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

Jos 6:12

Then Joshua^H3091 rose^H7925 early^H7925 in the morning^H1242, and the priests^H3548 carried^H5375 the ark^H727 of Yahweh^H3068.

Jos 6:13

Jos 6:13And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh, and they continued to blow the trumpets.

Jos 6:14

Jos 6:14Thus the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did so for six days.

Jos 6:15

Then it happened^H1961 that on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 they rose^H7925 early^H7925 at the [fn]breaking^H7837^H5927 of dawn^H7837 and marched^H5437 around^H5437 the city^H5892 in the same^H2088 manner^H4941 seven^H7651 times^H6471; only^H7534 on that day^H3117 they marched^H5437 around^H5437 the city^H5892 seven^H7651 times^H6471.

Jos 6:16

Jos 6:16Now it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For Yahweh has given you the city.

Jos 6:17

Jos 6:17“And the city shall be devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it belongs to Yahweh; only Rahab the harlot [fn]and all who are with her in the house shall live because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

Jos 6:18

Jos 6:18“But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest as you are devoting them to destruction, you also take some of the things devoted to destruction and make the camp of Israel devoted to destruction and bring trouble on it.

Jos 6:19

Jos 6:19“But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to Yahweh; they shall go into the treasury of Yahweh.”

Jos 6:20

Jos 6:20So the people shouted, and [fn]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down [fn]beneath itself, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight [fn]ahead, and they took the city.

Jos 6:21

Jos 6:21And they devoted to destruction everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

Jos 6:22

Now to the two^H8147 men^H376 who had spied^H7270 out^H7270 the land^H776, Joshua^H3091 said^H559, “Go^H935 into the harlot’s^H802^H2181 house^H1004 and bring^H3318 the woman^H802 and all^H3605 she has out^H3318 of there^H8033, as you have sworn^H7650 to her.”

Jos 6:23

Jos 6:23So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel.

Jos 6:24

Jos 6:24But they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the [fn]house of Yahweh.

Jos 6:25

Jos 6:25However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua preserved alive; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Jos 6:26

Then Joshua^H3091 made them swear^H7650 an oath at that time^H6256, saying^H559, “Cursed^H779 before^H6440 Yahweh^H3068 is the man^H376 who^H834 rises^H6965 up^H6965 and builds^H1129 this^H2088 city^H5892 Jericho^H3405; with the loss of his firstborn^H1060 he shall lay^H3245 its foundation^H3245, and with the loss of his youngest^H6810 son^H6810 he shall set^H5324 up its gates^H1817.”