Joshua 6:12-17

Joshua akamuka mangwanani, vapristi vakasimudza areka yaJehovha. Navapristi vanomwe vakanga vakabata hwamanda nomwe dzenyanga dzamakondohwe pamberi peareka yaJehovha, vakaramba vachifamba vachingoridza hwamanda; navarume vakanga vakashonga nhumbi dzokurwa vakavatungamirira; navarindi veshure vakatevera areka yaJehovha, vapristi vakafamba vachingoridza hwamanda. Nomusi wechipiri vakapoteredza guta kamwe chete, vakadzokera kumisasa; vakaita saizvozvo mazuva matanhatu. Nomusi wechinomwe vakafumira mangwanani, vakapoteredza guta nomutoo iwoyo kanomwe; nomusi iwoyo bedzi vakapoteredza guta kanomwe. Zvino panguva yechinomwe, vapristi vakati vachiridza hwamanda, Joshua akati kuvanhu, “Danidzirai, nokuti Jehovha wakupai guta. Asi guta rinofanira kuyeriswa kuna Jehovha, iro nezvose zviri mukati maro; asi Rakabhi bedzi, chifeve chiya, ngaaregwe ari mupenyu, iye navose vari mumba make, nokuti wakavanza nhume dzatakatuma.