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And it came to pass that Joshua, the son of Nun, did call the Priests and said unto them:
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Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven Priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of יהוה (YHVH).
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did say unto the people: Go forth, and march around the city, and let they who are armed pass on before the ark of יהוה (YHVH).
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And so it was that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven Priests bearing the seven shofrot did pass on before יהוה (YHVH) and did blow with the shofrot;
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Yea, and the ark of the covenant of יהוה (YHVH) did follow after them.
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And the armed men did go before the Priests that blew the shofrot, and the ark did come up after them, the Priests going on and blowing with the shofrot.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did instruct the people of Israel, saying: Ye shall not shout nor make any noise with your voice;
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Neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
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And so it was that the ark of יהוה (YHVH) did go all around the outside of that city, going about it once; and they did come into the camp and find rest there in the camp.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did rise early in the morning, and the Priests did take up the ark of the testimony of יהוה (YHVH).
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And so it was that the seven Priests bearing seven shofrot before the ark of the covenant of יהוה (YHVH) did go on continually and blew with the shofrot;
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And the armed men did go up before them; and the rearward came after the ark of the covenant of of יהוה (YHVH), the Priests going on and blowing with the shofrot.
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And the second day they did march all around the city once and returned again unto the camp; and this they did for six days.
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¶ And it came to pass that on the seventh day they did rise up early about the dawning of the day and they did surround the city after the same manner seven times;
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And so it was that on that day, they did march all about the city even seven times.
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And it came to pass that the seventh time, when the Priests did blow with the shofrot, Joshua did say unto the people: Shout; for יהוה (YHVH) hath given us the city;
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And the city shall be accursed, even it and all that are therein, to יהוה (YHVH);
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Only Rahab, the harlot, shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent; thus they are protected by the scarlet string.
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And ye, in any wise, keep yourselves from the things of idolatry, lest ye make yourselves accursed when ye partake of it, and make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble us.
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But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron are consecrated unto יהוה (YHVH); they shall come into the treasury of יהוה (YHVH).
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¶ And it came to pass that the people did shout when the Priests did blow with the shofrot;
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And so it was that when the people did hear the sound of the shofrot they did shout with a great shout.
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And so great was the sound of it that the wall fell down and Israel did go up into the city, every man straight before him; and they did take the city.
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¶ And it came to pass that they did utterly destroy all elohim that were in the city, be they man or woman, young or old, of ox or sheep or ass, with the edge of the sword.
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And Joshua did say unto the two men that had spied out the country:
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Go into the harlot's house, which is protected by the scarlet string of the covenant, and bring out thence the woman and all that she hath as ye did sware unto her.
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And so it was that the young men who were spies did go in, and they did bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had;
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And they did bring out all her kindred, and they marked them with the scarlet string, and then they left them just outside the camp of Israel.
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And Israel did burn up the elohim of that city with fire and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron they put into the treasury of the tabernacle of יהוה (YHVH).
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¶ And it came to pass that the war that was between the elohim of the city of Jericho, and יהוה (YHVH), the Elohim of Israel did come to an end, and יהוה (YHVH) was undefeated.