1. Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2. And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the valiant men.
3. And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4. And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven blast-trumpets; and on the seventh day ye shall go round the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5. And it shall come to pass when they make a long blast with the blast-horn, that all the people on hearing the sound of the trumpet shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall flat, and the people shall go up, each one straight before him.
6. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Carry the ark of the covenant, and seven priests shall carry seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah.
7. And he said to the people, Pass on, go round the city, and they that are armed shall pass on before the ark of Jehovah.
8. And it came to pass when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before Jehovah passed on and blew with the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went after them.