1   Now Iericho was ^note shut vp, and ^note closed, ^note because of the children of Israel: none might go out nor enter 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   All ye therefore that be men of warre, shall compasse the citie, in going round about the citie ^note once: thus shall you doe sixe dayes:

4   And seuen Priests shall beare seuen trumpets of ^note rams hornes before the Arke: and the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen 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   ¶2; 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   But he said vnto the people, ^note Goe and compasse the citie: and let him that is armed, go forth before the Arke of the Lord.

8   ¶2; 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 þe; Lord followed them.

9   ¶2; And the men of armes went before the Priestes, that blewe the trumpets: then the ^note gathering hoste came after the Arke, as they went and blewe 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 Arke of the Lorde compassed the citie, and went about it ^note once: then they returned into the hoaste, and lodged in the campe.

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

13   Also seuen Priests bare seuen trumpets of rams hornes, and went before the Arke of the Lorde, and going blewe with the trumpets: and the men of armes went before them, but the ^note gathering hoste came after the Arke of the Lord, as they went and blewe the trumpets.

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

15   And when the seuenth day came, they rose early, euen with the dawning of the day, & compassed the citie after þe; same maner ^note seuen times: only þt; day they compassed the citie seuen times.

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

17   And the citie shalbe ^note an execrable thing, both it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lorde: onely Rahab the harlot shall liue, shee, and all that are with her in the house: for ^note shee hid the The siege of Iericho: The destruction thereof. Achan. 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 ^note execrable, and trouble it.

19   But all siluer, and gold, & vessels of brasse, and yron shalbe ^note consecrate vnto the Lord, and shall come into the Lordes treasury.

20   So the people shouted, wh&ebar; they had blowen trumpets: for when the people had heard the sound of the trumpet, they shouted with a great shoute: and the ^note wall fel downe flat: so the people went vp into the citie, euery man streight before him: ^note 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, ^note as ye sware to her.

23   So the yong men that were spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shee had: also they brought out all her familie, and put them ^note without the host of Israel.

24   After they burnt the citie with fire, and all that was therein: onely the siluer and the gold, and the vessels of brasse and yron, they put vnto the treasure of the ^note house of the Lorde.

25   So Ioshua saued Rahab the harlot, and her fathers houshold, and all that shee had; and shee ^note dwelt in Israel euen vnto this day, because shee had hid the messengers, which Ioshua sent to spie out Iericho.

26   ¶2; And Ioshua sware at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before þe; Lord, that riseth vp, and buildeth this citie Iericho: ^note hee shall lay the foundation thereof in his eldest sonne, and in his yongest sonne shall hee set vp the gates of it.

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

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