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And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went
unto him, and said unto him,
Art
thou for us, or for our adversaries?
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And he said, Nay; but
as
captain of the host of the L
ORD
am I now come. And Joshua fell on
his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
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And the captain of the L
ORD
’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the
place whereon thou standest
is
holy. And Joshua did so.
CHAPTER 6
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came
in.
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And the L
ORD
said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof,
and
the mighty men of valour.
3
And ye shall compass the city, all
ye
men of war,
and
go round
about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
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And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven
trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests
shall blow with the trumpets.
5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long
blast
with
the ram’s horn,
and
when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, 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.
6
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the L
ORD
.
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And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on
before the ark of the L
ORD
.
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And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the L
ORD
, and blew with the trumpets: and the
ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
followed them.
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And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came
after the ark,
the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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And Joshua had commanded
the people, saying, Ye 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 shout; then shall ye shout.
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So the ark of the
L
ORD
compassed the city, going about
it
once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the
camp.
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And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the L
ORD
.
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And
seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the L
ORD
went on continually,
and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the
ark of the L
ORD
,
the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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And the second day they
compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
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And it came to pass
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