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So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
10 While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month. 11 The
very next day they began to eat unleavened bread and roasted grain harvested
from the land. 12 No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of
the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from
the crops of Canaan.
The Lord’s Commander Confronts Joshua
13 When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing
in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are
you friend or foe?”
14 “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army.”
At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”
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The commander of the LORD’S army replied,
“Take off your sandals,
for the place where you are standing is holy.
”
And Joshua did as he was told.
The Fall of Jericho
Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of
the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in. 2 But the Lord said to Joshua,
“I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors. 3 You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days. 4 Seven priests will
walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to
march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. 5 When
you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people
shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people
can charge straight into the town.”
6 So Joshua called together the priests and said, “Take up the Ark of the Lord’s
Covenant, and assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram’s
horn.” 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.
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“Not a single word
from any of you
until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
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