^{4 Ref} And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

^{5 Ref} And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

^{6 Ref} Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

^{7 Ref} And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

^{8 Ref} So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

^{9 Ref} And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.

^{10 Ref} And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

¹¹ So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

^{12 Ref} And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

^{13 Ref} And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

^{14 Ref} The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.

^{15 Ref} Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

^{16 Ref} And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.