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And it came to pass that as Joshua was by Jericho, that he did lift up his eyes and did look, and behold, there stood one over against him with his sword drawn in hand;
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And so it was that Joshua went unto him saying: Art thou for us or for our adversaries?
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And that one did say unto Joshua: Neither; but as prince of the host of יהוה (YHVH) am I now come.
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And Joshua did fall on his face to the earth, and did prostrate himself upon the ground, and did say unto the malak: What saith my lord unto his servant?
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And Michael, the prince of the host of יהוה (YHVH) did say unto Joshua: Rise up and loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
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And Joshua did even so.
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¶ And it came to pass that Michael, the prince of the host of יהוה (YHVH) did say unto Joshua: Thou seest that Jericho is straitly shut up because of the children of Israel;
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Yea, and none do go out, and none do come into that city, and it be well fortified and the storehouses of it are full.
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And Israel shall yet see that יהוה (YHVH) hath given Jericho into thine hand, and the king thereof, and all their mighty men of valor.
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And this doth יהוה (YHVH) instruct thee, and so shall you do: Ye shall compass the city, all your men of war, and go round about the city once.
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Thus shalt thou do for six days: and seven Priests shall bear before the ark seven shofrot.
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And the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the Priests shall blow with the shofrot.
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And it shall come to pass that when they make a long blast with the shofrot, and when ye hear the sound of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout;
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And it will come to pass that the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up, every man straight before him.
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But thou shall instruct them, the scarlet string is a protection; therefore, any man that would kill any of the house of the scarlet string, he shall be struck dead before his sword can draw strength.
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And this that the people of Israel shall be known as a people that keepeth her covenants and the fate of the children of Jacob that should reject their covenants, who taketh the name of יהוה (YHVH) in vain.