Joshua 6 (KJV)
Joshua was given commands by God to follow in order to take the city of Jericho that had been given to Israel. The commands were for the people of Israel to surround Jericho one time each day for six days and then on the seventh day to surround the city seven times. This was to be done with armed men going first followed by seven priests blowing trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord and people following behind the ark. "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" (v.10).
Then, it came to pass on the seventh day at the seventh time of surrounding Jericho that Joshua said to the people, "Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city" (v.16).
Jericho and all therein were accursed to the Lord. All in the city was to be destroyed and none of the spoils were to be taken by the people of Israel because they would be cursed for doing so. "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" (v.19).
There was one person, however, named Rahab who was saved along with her father, mother brethren and her belongings because she had helped messengers sent by Joshua.
"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 they city. 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" (vs. 20, 24).
"So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country" (v.27).
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