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"Also seven priests shall carry seven ^(C1)trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

"It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down ^(F1)flat, and the people shall go up, everyone ^(F2)straight ahead."

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark of the LORD."

Then ^(F1)he said to the people, "Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the LORD."

And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD went forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

And the armed men went ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and ^(C1)the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to blow the trumpets.

But Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word proceed from your mouth, until the day I tell you, 'Shout!' Then you shall shout!"

So he had the ark of the LORD ^(F1)taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

Now Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.