Joshua 6

The Battle of Jericho

1 Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the presence of the Israelites;*Literally "sons/children of Israel" no one was going out or coming in. 2 And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Look, I am giving Jericho into your hand, its king and the soldiers of the army. 3 You will march around the city, all the warriors circling the city once; you will do so for six days. 4 And seven priests will bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you will march around the city seven times, and the priests will blow on the trumpets. 5 And when they blow long on the horn of the ram, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people will shout with a great war cry, and the wall of the city will fall flat,*Or "in its place" and the people will charge, each one straight ahead."*Literally "the people will go up, each before him"6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry the trumpets of the rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh." 7 And he said*Hebrew "they said" to the people, "Go forward and march around the city, and let the armed men pass before the ark of Yahweh.