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Joshua 6:20-27

20SoH1961thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971shoutedוַיָּ֣רַעvai.Ya.ra'H7321, and the priestsblewוַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּvai.yit.ke.'UH8628with thetrumpetsבַּשֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹתba.sho.fa.RotH7782: and itcameH1961topassH1961, when thepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971heardכִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhish.Mo.a'H8085thesoundק֣וֹלKolH6963of thetrumpetהַשּׁוֹפָ֗רha.sho.FarH7782, that thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971shoutedוַיָּרִ֤יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321with agreatגְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419shoutH7321, and thewallהַֽחוֹמָ֜הha.cho.MahH2346fellH5307downH5307flatתַּחְתֶּ֗יהָtach.Tei.haH8478,soH1961that thepeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971wentH5927upH5927intoH376thecityהָעִ֙ירָה֙ha.'I.rahH5892,everyH376manH376straightH5048beforeH5048him, and theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּvai.yil.ke.DuH3920thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

21And they utterly destroyedallH3605that was in thecityבָּעִ֔ירba.'IrH5892,bothH3605manמֵאִישׁ֙me.'IshH376andwomanאִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahH802,bothH3605youngמִנַּ֖עַרmi.Na.'arH5288andoldזָקֵ֑ןza.KenH2205, andoxשׁ֥וֹרShorH7794, andsheepוָשֶׂ֛הva.SehH7716, and ass, with theedgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

22AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559unto thetwoוְלִשְׁנַ֨יִםve.lish.Na.yimH8147menH376that hadspiedהַֽמְרַגְּלִ֤יםham.ra.ge.LimH7270outH3318thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,GoH3318intoH935theharlot’sהַזּוֹנָ֑הha.zo.NahH2181houseבֵּית־beit-H1004, andbringH935outH3318thence thewomanH802, andallH3605thatsheH834hath, as ye sware untoherH3605.

23And theyoungהַנְּעָרִ֣יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288menH5288thespiesהַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗יםham.ra.ge.LimH7270wentH3318in, andbroughtH935outH3318Rahabרָ֠חָבra.choH7343, andherH3605fatherאָבִ֨יהָ'a.Vi.haH1, andherH3605motherאִמָּ֤הּ'i.MahH517, andherH3605brethrenאַחֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Chei.haH251, andallH3605thatsheאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834had,allH3605herH3605kindred also theybroughtH935outH3318; and theysetH935them without thecampלְמַחֲנֵ֥הle.ma.cha.NehH4264ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24And theyburntשָׂרְפ֥וּsa.re.FuH8313thecityוְהָעִ֛ירve.ha.'IrH5892withfireבָאֵ֖שׁva.'EshH784, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that was therein:onlyרַ֣ק׀rakH7535thesilverהַכֶּ֣סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701, and thegoldוְהַזָּהָ֗בve.ha.za.HavH2091, and thevesselsוּכְלֵ֤יu.khe.LeiH3627ofbrassהַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ha.ne.Cho.shetH5178and ofironוְהַבַּרְזֶ֔לve.ha.bar.ZelH1270, theyputנָתְנ֖וּna.te.NuH5414intoH5414thetreasuryאוֹצַ֥ר'o.TzarH214of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

25ButRahabרָחָ֣בra.ChavH7343theharlotהַ֠זּוֹנָהHa.zo.nahH2181, andherH3605father’sאָבִ֤יהָ'a.Vi.haH1householdבֵּ֨יתbeitH1004, andallH3605thatsheH834had,didH834Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091savealiveהֶחֱיָ֣הhe.che.YahH2421; andsheH834dweltוַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙va.Te.shevH3427in themidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, unto thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117;becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588sheH834hidהֶחְבִּ֙יאָה֙hech.Bi.'ahH2244themessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397,whichH834Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091sentH7971tospyלְרַגֵּ֥לle.ra.GelH7270outH7971Jerichoיְרִיחֽוֹ׃ פye.ri.ChoH3405.

26AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091charged them with anoathוַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvai.yash.Ba'H7650at that time,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Cursedאָר֨וּר'a.RurH779be themanהָאִ֜ישׁha.'IshH376beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, that risethupH6965and buildeth thiscityהָעִ֤ירha.'IrH5892Jerichoיְרִיח֔וֹye.ri.ChoH3405: with the loss of hisfirstbornבִּבְכֹר֣וֹbiv.kho.RoH1060shall helayH3245thefoundationH3245thereof, and with the loss of hisyoungestוּבִצְעִיר֖וֹu.vitz.'i.RoH6810sonH6810shall hesetH6965upH6965thegatesדְּלָתֶֽיהָ׃de.la.Tei.haH1817of it.

27SoH1961theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was withJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091; and hisfameשָׁמְע֖וֹsha.me.'OH8089was inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

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