7. Then he gave orders to the people: “March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in front of the Ark of the lord.”
8. After Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests with the rams’ horns started marching in the presence of the lord, blowing the horns as they marched. And the Ark of the lord’s Covenant followed behind them.
9. Some of the armed men marched in front of the priests with the horns and some behind the Ark, with the priests continually blowing the horns.
10. “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
11. So the Ark of the lord was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
12. Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests again carried the Ark of the lord.
13. The seven priests with the rams’ horns marched in front of the Ark of the lord, blowing their horns. Again the armed men marched both in front of the priests with the horns and behind the Ark of the lord. All this time the priests were blowing their horns.
14. On the second day they again marched around the town once and returned to the camp. They followed this pattern for six days.