Joshua 6:12-23

¹²Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests picked up the Ark of the Lord.

¹³The seven priests with the seven rams' horns went ahead of the Ark of the Lord, blowing the horns. The armed men went before them and behind the Ark of the Lord, the horns being blown continually.

¹⁴So on the second day they marched around the city, circling it once, and returned to the camp. They did this for a total of six days.

¹⁵On the seventh day they got up at dawn and marched around the city in the usual way, except that this day they circled the city seven times.

¹⁶The seventh time around when the priests blew the horns, Joshua told the people, “Shout! For today the Lord has given the city to you!

¹⁷The city and everything in it is to be set apart for the Lord and destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

¹⁸But stay away from everything set apart for the Lord, for if you were to take anything you too would be liable to be destroyed, and you would also bring disaster on the camp of Israel.

¹⁹All the silver and the gold, and everything made of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord and they must be placed in the Lord's treasury.”

²⁰So as soon as they heard the sound of the horns, the people gave a loud shout, and the city walls collapsed. The men went in right away and captured the city.

²¹They destroyed everything in the city: men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys, all were killed by the sword.

²²Joshua had told the two men who had gone to explore the land, “Go to the house of Rahab the prostitute and bring her out together with all her family, as you promised.”

²³So the spies went and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, and all who were with her. They brought out the whole family and took them to a place near the Israelite camp.