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Joshua 6:9-12 English Standard Version (ESV)

9. The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.

10. But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”

11. So he caused the ark of the Lord to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

12. Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.