1. Now Jericho was in a state of siege because of the presence of the Israelites. No one left or entered.
2. And to Joshua the Lord said: I have delivered Jericho, its king, and its warriors into your power.
3. Have all the soldiers circle the city, marching once around it. Do this for six days,
4. with seven priests carrying ram’s horns ahead of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, and have the priests blow the horns.
5. When they give a long blast on the ram’s horns and you hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout aloud. The wall of the city will collapse, and the people shall attack straight ahead.
6. Summoning the priests, Joshua, son of Nun, said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant with seven of the priests carrying ram’s horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
7. And he ordered the people, “Proceed and surround the city, with the picked troops marching ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
8. When Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests who carried the ram’s horns before the Lord marched and blew their horns, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.
9. In front of the priests with the horns marched the picked troops; the rear guard followed the ark, and the blowing of horns was kept up continually as they marched.