Popular Bible Verses from Joshua 6

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The LORD said to Joshua, ‘I will soon give Jericho to you. I will put its king and all its brave soldiers under your power.

Then they will make one long loud noise with their trumpets. As soon as you hear this, all the soldiers must give a loud shout. Then the city walls will fall down. The whole army will go straight into the city.’

You and all your soldiers must march round the city once each day, for six days.

Seven priests will walk in front of the Covenant Box. They will carry trumpets as they walk. On the seventh day, you and your soldiers must march round the city seven times. At the same time, the priests will blow into their trumpets.

The people of Jericho had shut the gates of their city to make it safe. No one could go in or out of the city.

The seventh time, the priests made a long, loud noise on their trumpets. Joshua told the people, ‘Shout aloud to attack! The LORD has given the city to you!

The city and everything that is in it belongs to the LORD, so destroy it all. Only the prostitute Rahab and all the people who are with her in her house will live. This is because she hid the two men that we sent.