1. Now Jericho was closed as well as fortified, out of fear of the sons of Israel, and no one dared to depart or to enter.
2. And the Lord said to Joshua: "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and all the strong men.
3. Have all the warriors circle the city once each day; you shall do so for six days.
4. Then, on the seventh day, the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used on the jubilee, and they shall precede the ark of the covenant. And you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.
5. And when the voice of the trumpet sounds longer and with interruptions, and it increases in your ears, then all the people shall cry out together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the foundation, and they shall enter it, each from a place opposite where they are standing."
6. Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and he said to them, "Take the ark of the covenant, and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and advance before the ark of the Lord."
7. He also said to the people, "Go, and circle the city, armed, preceding the ark of the Lord."