Joshua 6 (NET)

Joshua 6:1¹Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:2²The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:3³Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:4⁴Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:5⁵When you hear the signal from the ram’s horn, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse, and the warriors should charge straight ahead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:6⁶So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:7⁷And he told the army, “Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:8⁸When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:9⁹Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:10¹⁰Now Joshua had instructed the army, “Do not give a battle cry or raise your voices; say nothing until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ Then give the battle cry!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:11¹¹So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:12¹²Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:13¹³The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:14¹⁴They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:15¹⁵On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before—only this time they marched around it seven times.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:16¹⁶The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns, and Joshua told the army, “Give the battle cry, for the Lord is handing the city over to you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:17¹⁷The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:18¹⁸But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for God. If you take any of it, then you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:19¹⁹All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord ’s treasury.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:20²⁰The rams’ horns sounded, and when the army heard the signal, they gave a loud battle cry. The wall collapsed, and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:21²¹They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:22²²Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:23²³So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:24²⁴But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord ’s house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:25²⁵Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:26²⁶At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: “The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 6:27²⁷The Lord was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s