Joshua 3:9-17
New International Version
9 Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. 10 This is how you will know that the living God(A) is among you(B) and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites,(C) Hivites, Perizzites,(D) Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.(E) 11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth(F) will go into the Jordan ahead of you.(G) 12 Now then, choose twelve men(H) from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. 13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth(I)—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream(J) will be cut off(K) and stand up in a heap.(L)”
14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant(M) went ahead(N) of them. 15 Now the Jordan(O) is at flood stage(P) all during harvest.(Q) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing.(R) It piled up in a heap(S) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,(T) while the water flowing down(U) to the Sea of the Arabah(V) (that is, the Dead Sea(W)) was completely cut off.(X) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(Y) 17 The priests(Z) who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground,(AA) while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.(AB)
Joshua 6:1-8
New International Version
6 Now the gates of Jericho(A) were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered(B) Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns(C) in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.(D) 5 When you hear them sound a long blast(E) on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;(F) then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”(G) 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance(H)! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark(I) of the Lord.”
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them.
Joshua 6:12-16
New International Version
12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.(A) 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!(B)
Joshua 6:20
New International Version
20 When the trumpets sounded,(A) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(B) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(C)
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