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Joshua Chapter 6

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Joshua

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The Israelites prepare to cross the Jordan River as the priests blow trumpets and the waters part. The people cross safely while the waters fall upon those who refuse to follow the command. This shows God's power and the importance of obedience.

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(1) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
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Joshua 2:7II Kings 17:4Joshua 2:9Joshua 2:10Joshua 2:11Joshua 2:12Joshua 2:13Joshua 2:14Joshua 2:24Psalms 127:1

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Joshua 16:1

(2) And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
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Joshua 5:13Joshua 5:14Joshua 5:15Joshua 6:9Joshua 6:10Joshua 6:11Joshua 6:12Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:14Joshua 6:15Joshua 6:16Joshua 6:17

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Joshua 8:3Joshua 10:7Joshua 5:13Joshua 6:25Joshua 16:1

(3) And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
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Joshua 6:7Joshua 6:14Numbers 14:9I Corinthians 1:21I Corinthians 1:22I Corinthians 1:23I Corinthians 1:24I Corinthians 1:25II Corinthians 4:7

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II Chronicles 4:2I Chronicles 20:6I Kings 6:5I Kings 7:23II Chronicles 4:3Ezekiel 46:23

(4) And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
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Leviticus 25:9Numbers 10:1Numbers 10:2Numbers 10:3Numbers 10:4Numbers 10:5Numbers 10:6Numbers 10:7Numbers 10:8Numbers 10:9Numbers 10:10Judges 7:7

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Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:9I Chronicles 15:24Judges 7:20

(5) And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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Joshua 6:16Joshua 6:20Exodus 19:19II Chronicles 20:21II Chronicles 20:22Judges 7:20Judges 7:21Judges 7:22I Samuel 4:5I Samuel 17:20I Samuel 17:52II Chronicles 13:14

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Joshua 6:20Joshua 6:10Leviticus 25:9Psalms 47:5I Samuel 4:6Ezra 3:13

(6) And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
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Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:13Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:6Exodus 25:14Deuteronomy 20:2Deuteronomy 20:3Deuteronomy 20:4Acts 9:1

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Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:4Joshua 3:6Exodus 40:20I Samuel 4:4

(7) And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
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Joshua 6:3Joshua 1:14Joshua 4:13

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Exodus 40:20Joshua 6:13I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10

(8) And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
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Joshua 6:3Joshua 6:4Numbers 32:20

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Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:9Joshua 3:6Judges 7:20

(9) And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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Joshua 6:13Numbers 10:25Isaiah 52:11Isaiah 58:8

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Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:4Judges 7:20Joshua 6:6I Chronicles 15:24

(10) And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
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Isaiah 42:2Matthew 12:19II Samuel 5:23II Samuel 5:24Isaiah 28:16Luke 24:49Acts 1:7

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Ezra 3:13I Samuel 4:6Joshua 6:5Joshua 6:16Exodus 32:18Exodus 32:17

(11) So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
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Exodus 33:7I Samuel 4:6Joshua 6:14Exodus 14:20Leviticus 17:3Numbers 2:17

(12) And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
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Joshua 3:1Genesis 22:3Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:7Joshua 6:8Deuteronomy 31:25John 2:5John 2:6John 2:7John 2:8John 6:10John 6:11

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Genesis 22:3Joshua 3:1Joshua 7:16Joshua 8:10I Samuel 29:10Genesis 20:8

(13) And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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I Chronicles 15:26Matthew 24:13Galatians 6:9

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Joshua 6:9Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:6I Chronicles 15:24Judges 7:20

(14) And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
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Joshua 6:3Joshua 6:11Joshua 6:15

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Joshua 6:11Exodus 33:7

(15) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
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Psalms 119:147Matthew 28:1II Peter 1:19

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Psalms 118:11Daniel 7:25Matthew 18:22Luke 17:4Joshua 6:4Genesis 22:3

(16) And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
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Joshua 6:5Judges 7:20Judges 7:21Judges 7:22II Chronicles 13:15II Chronicles 20:22II Chronicles 20:23

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Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:10Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:20Joshua 6:9

(17) And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
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Joshua 7:1Leviticus 27:28Leviticus 27:29Numbers 21:2Numbers 21:3I Corinthians 2:7Ezra 10:8Isaiah 34:6Jeremiah 46:10Ezekiel 39:17Micah 4:13I Corinthians 16:22

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Joshua 6:25Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Revelation 10:6James 2:25Joshua 6:18

(18) And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
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Romans 12:9II Corinthians 6:17Ephesians 5:11James 1:27I John 5:21Joshua 7:1Joshua 7:11Joshua 7:12Joshua 7:15Deuteronomy 7:26Deuteronomy 13:17Joshua 22:18

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Joshua 7:13Isaiah 8:9Joshua 7:1Joshua 7:12Matthew 25:9Deuteronomy 21:23

(19) But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
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II Samuel 8:11I Chronicles 18:11I Chronicles 26:20I Chronicles 26:26I Chronicles 26:28I Chronicles 28:12II Chronicles 15:18II Chronicles 31:12Isaiah 23:17Isaiah 23:18Micah 4:13Leviticus 19:24

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I Chronicles 29:2Joshua 6:24II Samuel 8:10Isaiah 60:17Revelation 18:12Exodus 38:17

(20) So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
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Joshua 6:5II Corinthians 10:4II Corinthians 10:5Hebrews 11:30

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Joshua 6:5Leviticus 25:9Ezra 3:13Joshua 6:13Leviticus 9:24Judges 5:27

(21) And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
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Joshua 9:24Joshua 9:25Joshua 10:28Joshua 10:39Joshua 11:14Deuteronomy 2:34Deuteronomy 7:2Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:16Deuteronomy 20:16Deuteronomy 20:17I Samuel 15:3

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Exodus 22:1Judges 6:4I Samuel 15:3I Samuel 15:9Exodus 22:4Exodus 22:9

(22) But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
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Joshua 6:17Joshua 2:1Joshua 2:2Joshua 2:3Joshua 2:4Joshua 2:5Joshua 2:6Joshua 2:7Joshua 2:8Joshua 2:9Joshua 2:10Joshua 2:11

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Joshua 12:7

(23) 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 they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
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Joshua 2:18Genesis 12:2Genesis 18:24Genesis 19:29Acts 27:24Hebrews 11:7Numbers 5:2Numbers 5:3Numbers 31:19Acts 10:28I Corinthians 5:12Ephesians 2:12

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Luke 12:53Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:20Deuteronomy 22:6Exodus 33:7

(24) And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
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Joshua 8:28Deuteronomy 13:16II Kings 25:9Revelation 17:16Revelation 18:8

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I Chronicles 29:2Joshua 6:19II Samuel 8:10Isaiah 60:17Revelation 18:12Exodus 38:17

(25) And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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Joshua 11:19Joshua 11:20Judges 1:24Judges 1:25Acts 2:21Hebrews 11:31Matthew 1:5Joshua 4:9James 2:25

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Joshua 2:1Joshua 5:13Joshua 6:17Joshua 7:22Deuteronomy 31:14Joshua 4:8

(26) And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
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Numbers 5:19Numbers 5:20Numbers 5:21I Samuel 14:24I Samuel 14:25I Samuel 14:26I Samuel 14:27I Samuel 14:28I Samuel 14:29I Samuel 14:30I Samuel 14:31I Samuel 14:32

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I Kings 16:34Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Revelation 21:13Malachi 2:2

(27) So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
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Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:9Genesis 39:2Genesis 39:3Genesis 39:21Deuteronomy 31:6Matthew 18:20Matthew 28:20Acts 18:9Acts 18:10II Corinthians 13:14II Timothy 4:17

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Joshua 12:7Luke 1:65

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