These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Joshua 6
Tanakh 27 verses
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Now was straitly shut up because of the children of : none went out, and none came in.—
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- 2 And said unto : ‘See, I have given into thy hand , and the thereof, even the mighty men of valour.
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And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
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And seven priests shall bear seven rams’ horns before the ; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns.
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2 Chronicles 20:17 2 Chronicles 20:21 Revelation 8:6 Numbers 10:1-10 Leviticus 14:16 Numbers 23:1 Revelation 8:2 2 Kings 5:10 Zechariah 4:2 Job 42:8 Revelation 1:4 Revelation 16:1 1 Kings 18:43 2 Chronicles 13:12 Revelation 5:1 Isaiah 27:13 Revelation 10:3 Genesis 7:2-3 Revelation 1:20 Leviticus 4:6 Leviticus 25:8-9 2 Chronicles 20:19 Genesis 2:3 Judges 7:15-22 Revelation 15:1 Judges 7:7-8 Zechariah 4:6 Revelation 5:6 Revelation 15:7 - 5 And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.’
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And the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: ‘Take up the of the , and let seven priests bear seven rams’ horns before the of .’
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And he said unto the people: ‘Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed body pass on before the of .’
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And it was so, that when had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams’ horns before passed on, and blew with the horns; and the of the of followed them.
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And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the , [the priests] blowing with the horns continually.
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And commanded the people, saying: ‘Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.’
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- 11 So he caused the of to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
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And rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the of .
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And the seven priests bearing the seven rams’ horns before the of went on continually, and blew with the horns; and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the of , [the priests] blowing with the horns continually.
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And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp; so they did six days.
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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that said unto the people: ‘Shout; for hath given you the city.
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And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to ; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
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Deuteronomy 20:17 Matthew 25:40 Genesis 12:3 Numbers 21:2-3 Joshua 6:22-23 Galatians 3:10 James 2:25 Micah 4:13 Jeremiah 46:10 Joshua 2:22 Ezra 10:8 Hebrews 6:10 Joshua 7:1 Leviticus 27:28-29 1 Corinthians 16:22 Galatians 3:12 Joshua 2:1 Matthew 10:41-42 1 Samuel 15:6 Isaiah 34:6 Hebrews 11:31 Ezekiel 39:17 1 Corinthians 2:7 Joshua 2:4-6 - 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of accursed, and trouble it.
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But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are unto ; they shall come into the treasury of .’
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1 Chronicles 26:20 2 Samuel 8:11 2 Kings 24:13 1 Chronicles 18:11 Matthew 27:6 Nehemiah 10:38 Mark 12:41 1 Kings 7:51 1 Chronicles 26:26 2 Chronicles 31:12 Micah 4:13 2 Chronicles 15:18 1 Chronicles 26:28 Nehemiah 7:70-71 1 Kings 14:26 1 Chronicles 28:12 Zechariah 14:20-21 Leviticus 19:24 Jeremiah 38:11 Numbers 31:22 Isaiah 23:17-18 -
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So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
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- 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
- 22 And said unto the two men that had spied out the land: ‘Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swore unto her.’
- 23 And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of .
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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of .
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But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did alive; and she dwelt in the midst of , unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom sent to spy out .
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And charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: ‘Cursed be the man before , that riseth up and buildeth this city, even ; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.’
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- 27 So was with ; and his fame was in all the land.