6. So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and told them, “Take up the Chest of the Covenant. Seven priests are to carry seven ram’s horn trumpets leading God’s Chest.”
7. Then he told the people, “Set out! March around the city. Have the armed guard march before the Chest of God.”
10. Joshua had given orders to the people, “Don’t shout. In fact, don’t even speak—not so much as a whisper until you hear me say, ‘Shout!’—then shout away!”
14. On the second day they again circled the city once and returned to camp. They did this six days.
20. The priests blew the trumpets.When the people heard the blast of the trumpets, they gave a thunderclap shout. The wall fell at once. The people rushed straight into the city and took it.
21. They put everything in the city under the holy curse, killing man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey.
25. But Joshua let Rahab the harlot live—Rahab and her father’s household and everyone connected to her. She is still alive and well in Israel because she hid the agents whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26. Joshua swore a solemn oath at that time:Cursed before God is the manwho sets out to rebuild this city Jericho.He’ll pay for the foundation with his firstborn son,he’ll pay for the gates with his youngest son.
27. God was with Joshua. He became famous all over the land.