Popular Bible Verses from Joshua 6

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But the LORD said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.

When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”

You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days.

Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.

Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.

The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the town!

Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.