1. Now Jericho was tightly secured before the children of Israel. There was no one leaving or entering.
2. The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho, its king, and mighty men of valor into your hand.
3. All the men of fighting age shall march around the city. Circle the city once. Do this for six days.
4. Seven priests shall carry seven ram’s horn trumpets before the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.
5. When they blow a long blast on the ram’s horn and when you hear the trumpet sound, all the people shall shout a loud battle cry. The walls of the city will fall down, and the people will go up, every man straight ahead.”
6. So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant. Seven priests bearing seven ram’s horn trumpets shall be in front of the ark of the Lord.”
7. He said to the people, “Advance and march around the city. Let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.”
8. So when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing seven ram’s horn trumpets before the Lord advanced and blew their trumpets. The ark of the covenant of the Lord went after them.
9. The armed men went before the priests blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard went after the ark while the trumpets were blowing.
10. Now Joshua had commanded the people, “Do not shout a battle cry, and do not let your voices be heard. Do not let a word come out of your mouths until the time I say to you, ‘Shout the battle cry!’ Then shout.”
11. So he had the ark of the Lord circle the city once. Then they came into the camp and spent the night there.