went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou with us, or with our enemies?

And he said, Nay; but I am a ruler over the host of the LORD, and am come now. Then Joshua fell on his face to the ground, and worshipped, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

And the prince of the host of the LORD said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
(Joshua)
Chapter 6
Conquest and destruction of the city of Jericho.

And Jericho was shut up, and kept from the children of Israel, that no man might come in or go out.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Behold, I have delivered Jericho into thine hand, and her king, and her men of war.

Let all the men of war go round about the city once; and do so six days.

And on the seventh day let the priests take seven trumpets of the trumpet before the ark, and go about the city seven times on the seventh day, and let the priests blow with the trumpets.

And when they blow the trumpet in the year of jubile, and sound the trumpet, then shall all the people make a great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall down, and the people shall fall every man straight before him;

Then Joshua the son of Nun called unto the priests, and said unto them: Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of the LORD.

And he said unto the people, Go and compass the city, and let him that is armed go before the ark of the LORD.

And it came to pass, when Joshua had told the people, that the seven priests brought seven trumpets before the ark of the LORD, and went and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

And he that was armed went before the priests that blew with the trumpets: and the multitude followed after the ark, and blew with the trumpets.

And Joshua commanded the people, saying: Ye shall not make a shout, nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day that I shall say unto you: Make a shout; then make a shout.

So the ark of the LORD went round about the city once; and they entered into the camp, and abode therein.

For Joshua rose up early in the morning, and the priests bare the ark of the LORD.

So the seven priests bare the seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of the LORD, and went and blew with the trumpets: and they that were armed went before them, and the company followed the ark of the LORD, and blew with the trumpets.

And the next day they went about the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.

And on the seventh day, when the dawn was risen, they rose up early, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: so that on that day they compassed the city seven times.

And the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Make a noise: for the LORD hath given you the city.

But this city, and all that is therein, shall be utterly destroyed unto the LORD. But Rahab the harlot shall live, and all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers which we sent.

But beware of him that is banished, lest ye banish yourselves, and take any thing of him that is banished, and banish the camp of Israel, and bring evil upon it.

And all the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, shall be sanctified unto the LORD, to be the treasures of the LORD.

And the people made a great shout, and blew with the trumpets. And when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they made a great shout. And the walls fell down, and the people went up into the city every man straight before him. So they took the city.

And they utterly destroyed all that were in the city with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep, and ass.

And Joshua said unto the two men that spied out the land, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out the woman from thence, and all that she hath, as ye sware.

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, and all her family, and left them without the camp of Israel.

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. But the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put for a treasure into the house of the LORD.

And Rahab the harlot, and her father’s house, and all that she had, let Joshua live. And she dwelt in Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

At that time Joshua sware, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD that setteth up and buildeth this city Jericho. When he layeth the foundation thereof, it shall cost him his first son: and when he setteth up the gates thereof, it shall cost him his youngest son.

So the LORD was with Joshua, that it was said of him throughout all the earth.
(Joshua)
Chapter 7
Achan punished for theft.

And the children of Israel took the banished man: for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the banished man. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

And Joshua sent men from Jericho unto Ai, which is by Bethaven, toward the east of Bethel, and said unto them: Go up, and reconnoitre the land: and when they were gone up, and had reconnoitred Ai,

And they came again to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up, but let them go up by two or three thousand men, and smite Ai, lest all the people be troubled there: for they are few.

So the people went up about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

And the men of Ai smote them about thirty and six men, and chased them out of the gate unto Shabarim, and smote them down the way. And the people’s hearts were troubled, and they were turned into water.

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD
until the even, with the elders of Israel, and cast dust upon their heads.

And Joshua said, O Lord, Lord, why hast thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? O that we had stayed beyond Jordan, as we began!

O my lord, what shall I say, because Israel hath turned her back upon her enemies?

When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us about, and cut off our name from the earth. What wilt thou do by thy great name?

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Arise. Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Israel have sinned, and have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and have taken the banished man, and have stolen, and have denied, and have put him among their vessels.

The children of Israel shall not stand before their enemies, but shall turn their backs upon their enemies: for they are under the ban: I will not be with you hence, except ye destroy the ban from among you.

Arise, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves to morrow. For thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, There is a curse upon thee, O Israel: therefore thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye put away the curse from among you.

And ye shall make your hearts early, one tribe after another: and what tribe the LORD shall smite, that shall make itself hearty, one family after another: and what family the LORD shall smite, that shall make itself hearty, one house after another: and what house the LORD shall smite, that shall make itself hearty, one landlord after another.

And he that is found in the ban shall be burned with fire with all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath committed folly in Israel.

And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel in one tribe after another: and the tribe of Judah was taken.

And when he brought in the families of Judah, the family of the Zerahites was taken. And when he brought in the family of the Zerahites, one landlord after another, Zabdi was taken.

And when he had brought in his house one host after another, Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give glory unto the LORD God of Israel, and give him praise: and tell me, what hast thou done? and deny me nothing.

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Verily I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel; so and so have I done.

And I saw among the rough a precious Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden tongue, worth fifty shekels by weight: I lusted after it, and took it.