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Hiericho autem clausa erat atque munita timore filiorumIsrahel et nullus egredi audebat aut ingredi

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dixitque Dominus ad Iosue ecce dedi in manus tuas Hierichoet regem eius omnesque fortes viros

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circuite urbem cuncti bellatores semel per diem sic facietissex diebus

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septimo autem die sacerdotes tollant septem bucinas quarumusus est in iobeleo et praecedant arcam foederis septiesquecircuibitis civitatem et sacerdotes clangent bucinis

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cumque insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior et inauribus vestris increpuerit conclamabit omnis populusvociferatione maxima et muri funditus corruent civitatisingredienturque singuli per locum contra quem steterint

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vocavit ergo Iosue filius Nun sacerdotes et dixit ad eostollite arcam foederis et septem alii sacerdotes tollant septemiobeleorum bucinas et incedant ante arcam Domini

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ad populum quoque ait vadite et circuite civitatem armatipraecedentes arcam Domini

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cumque Iosue verba finisset et septem sacerdotes septembucinis clangerent ante arcam foederis Domini

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omnisque praecederet armatus exercitus reliquum vulgus arcamsequebatur ac bucinis omnia concrepabant

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praeceperat autem Iosue populo dicens non clamabitis necaudietur vox vestra neque ullus sermo ex ore vestro egredieturdonec veniat dies in quo dicam vobis clamate et vociferamini

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circuivit ergo arca Domini civitatem semel per diem etreversa in castra mansit ibi

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igitur Iosue de nocte consurgente tulerunt sacerdotes arcamDomini

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et septem ex eis septem bucinas quarum in iobeleis usus estpraecedebantque arcam Domini ambulantes atque clangentes etarmatus populus ibat ante eos vulgus autem reliquum sequebaturarcam et bucinis personabat

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circumieruntque civitatem secundo die semel et reversi suntin castra sic fecerunt sex diebus

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die autem septimo diluculo consurgentes circumierunt urbemsicut dispositum erat septies

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cumque septimo circuitu clangerent bucinis sacerdotes dixitIosue ad omnem Israhel vociferamini tradidit enim vobis Dominuscivitatem

6:17
sitque civitas haec anathema et omnia quae in ea suntDomino sola Raab meretrix vivat cum universis qui cum ea indomo sunt abscondit enim nuntios quos direximus

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vos autem cavete ne de his quae praecepta sunt quippiamcontingatis et sitis praevaricationis rei et omnia castraIsrahel sub peccato sint atque turbentur

6:19
quicquid autem auri et argenti fuerit et vasorum aeneorumac ferri Domino consecretur repositum in thesauris eius

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igitur omni vociferante populo et clangentibus tubispostquam in aures multitudinis vox sonitusque increpuit muriilico corruerunt et ascendit unusquisque per locum qui contrase erat ceperuntque civitatem

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et interfecerunt omnia quae erant in ea a viro usque admulierem ab infante usque ad senem boves quoque et oves etasinos in ore gladii percusserunt

6:22
duobus autem viris qui exploratores missi fuerant dixitIosue ingredimini domum mulieris meretricis et producite eamomniaque quae illius sunt sicut illi iuramento firmastis

6:23
ingressique iuvenes eduxerunt Raab et parentes eius fratresquoque et cunctam supellectilem ac cognationem illius et extracastra Israhel manere fecerunt

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urbem autem et omnia quae in ea sunt succenderunt absqueargento et auro et vasis aeneis ac ferro quae in aerariumDomini consecrarunt

6:25
Raab vero meretricem et domum patris eius atque omnia quaehabebat fecit Iosue vivere et habitaverunt in medio Israhelusque in praesentem diem eo quod absconderit nuntios quosmiserat ut explorarent Hiericho in tempore illo inprecatus estIosue dicens

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maledictus vir coram Domino qui suscitaverit etaedificaverit civitatem Hiericho in primogenito suo fundamentaillius iaciat et in novissimo liberorum ponat portas eius

6:27
fuit ergo Dominus cum Iosue et nomen eius in omni terravulgatum est

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006:001
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

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And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

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And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

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And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

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And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

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And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

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And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

006:008
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

006:009
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

006:010
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

006:011
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

006:012
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

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And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

006:015
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about 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.

006:016
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

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And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: 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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And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

006:019
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

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So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that 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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And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

006:022
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

006:023
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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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 the LORD.

006:025
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

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