The Walls of Jericho 1 ULT Now Jericho{ was} shutting and{ was} being shut up from the face of the sons of Israel. There was no going out and there was no coming in. BSB BSB: Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 ULT And Yahweh said to Joshua,“See, I have given Jericho into your hand, and its king, the warriors of valor. BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.
3 ULT And you shall circle the city, all of the men of war, circling the city one time. Thus you shall do six days. BSB BSB: March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
4 ULT And seven priests shall carry seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box. And on the seventh day you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall blow on the shofars. BSB BSB: Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
5 ULT And it will happen, when they make a long blast with the horn of the ram, as soon as you hear the sound of the shofar, all of the people shall shout a great shout. And the wall of the city will fall under itself and the people shall go up, a man in front of him.” BSB BSB: And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
6 ULT So Joshua, the son of Nun, called to the priests and said to them,“Carry the Box of the Covenant, and seven priests shall carry seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
7 ULT And he said to the people,“Pass over and circle the city, and the armed{ ones} will pass over to the face of the Box of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
8 ULT And it happened, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that seven priests carrying seven shofars of rams to the face of Yahweh passed over and blew on the shofars. And the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh was going behind them. BSB BSB: After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
9 ULT And the armed{ ones}{ were} walking to the face of the priests blowing the shofars. And the rearguard{ was} walking behind the Box, walking and blowing on the shofars. BSB BSB: While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
10 ULT And Joshua commanded the people, saying,“You shall not shout, and you shall not make your voice heard, and a word shall not go out from your mouth until the day I say to you,‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.” BSB BSB: But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
11 ULT And he made the Box of Yahweh circle the city, circling one time. Then they entered the camp, and they lodged in the camp. BSB BSB: So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
12 ULT And Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests carried the Box of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
13 ULT And the seven priests carrying the seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box of Yahweh walking,{ were} walking, and they blew on the shofars. And the armed{ ones}{ were} walking to their faces, and the rearguard{ was} walking behind the Box of Yahweh, walking and blowing on the shofars. BSB BSB: And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
14 ULT And they circled the city one time on the second day, and they returned{ to} the camp. Thus they did six days. BSB BSB: So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
15 ULT And it happened on the seventh day that they got up early, as soon as the dawn had risen, and they circled the city according to this manner seven times. Only on that day they circled the city seven times. BSB BSB: Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
16 ULT And it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew on the shofars. And Joshua said to the people,“Shout, for Yahweh has given the city to you! BSB BSB: After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
17 ULT And the city is a devoted thing, it and all that{ is} in it, for Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute will live, she and all who{ are} with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. BSB BSB: Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
18 ULT But only you, keep yourselves from a devoted thing, lest you are devoting and you take from the devoted thing and you make the camp of Israel into a devoted thing and trouble it. BSB BSB: But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
19 ULT And all of the silver and gold and objects of bronze and iron, it is a holy thing for Yahweh. It shall enter the storehouse of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
21 ULT And they devoted all that{ was} in the city, from man and to woman, from young and to old, and to ox and sheep and donkey, to the mouth of the sword. BSB BSB: With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
22 ULT And Joshua said to the two men having spied out the land,“Enter the house of the woman, the prostitute, and bring out from there the woman and all who{ are} to her, just as you swore to her.” BSB BSB: Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
23 ULT And the young men having spied entered and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all who{ were} to her. And they brought out all of her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. BSB BSB: So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
25 ULT And Joshua kept alive Rahab the prostitute and the house of her father and all who{ were} to her. And she has dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho. BSB BSB: And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
26 ULT And Joshua made{ them} swear at that time, saying,“Cursed{ is} the man to the face of Yahweh who arises and builds this city, Jericho. With his firstborn he will found it, and with his youngest he will set up its gates.” BSB BSB: At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
27 ULT And Yahweh was with Joshua, and the report of him was in all of the land. BSB BSB: So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
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