Popular Bible Verses from Joshua 6

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But the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king into thy hand, with its mighty men of valour.

And when they make a long sound of jubilee with the horn so that ye hear the voice of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat; then the people shall ascend up each man straight before him.

Therefore, ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, going round about the city once; and thou shalt do this six days.

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot {or rams horns} of jubilee; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the shofarot.

¶ Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the sons of Israel; no one went out, and no one came in.

And when the priests had blown the shofarot the seventh time, Joshua said unto the people, Shout, for the LORD has given you the city.

¶ And the city shall be anathema unto the LORD, even it, and all the things that are in it; only Rahab, the harlot, shall live, she and all that are with her in the house because she hid the messengers that we sent.