Joshua 6
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Joshua 6:15-21

15On the seventh day the Israelites got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before. But this time they went around the town seven times.

16The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the town!

17Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.

18“Do not take any of the things set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel.

19Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the Lord and must be brought into his treasury.”

20When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.

21They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.

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