And when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Take for yourselves twelve men from among the people, one man from each tribe;

And command them, saying, Take up for yourselves from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm,  ¹twelve stones; and bring them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.

So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from among the children of Israel, one man from each tribe.

And Joshua said to them, Pass on before the Ark of Jehovah your God into the middle of the Jordan, and every one of you lift up one stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

That this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean to you?

You shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. Thus these stones will be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.

And the children of Israel did as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, as Jehovah told Joshua to do, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. And they brought them over with them to the place where they were to lodge, and they laid them down there.

Then Joshua erected  ¹twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.

And the priests who carried the Ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed over.

And when all the people had completely crossed over, the Ark of Jehovah with the priests crossed over before the people.

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the children of Israel, as Moses had told them to do;

About forty thousand equipped for  ¹war crossed over before Jehovah into the plains of Jericho for battle.

On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him as they had revered Moses all the days of his life.

Then Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Command the priests who carry the Ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

And when the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah came up out from the middle of the Jordan, when the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up onto the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks as before.

And the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal, at the eastern edge of Jericho.

And those twelve stones, which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua  ¹erected in Gilgal.

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

You shall let your children know, saying, On dry ground Israel crossed over this Jordan.

For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you crossed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we crossed over;

That all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that you may fear Jehovah your God always.

Now when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the  ¹Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel until  ²they crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the children of Israel.

At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make knives of flint, and  ¹circumcise again the children of Israel a second time.

And Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

And this is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt.

Although all the people who came out were circumcised, all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way, after  ¹the others had come out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

For the children of Israel went for forty years through the wilderness until all the nation, the men of war who had come out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not listen to the voice of Jehovah, they to whom Jehovah swore that they would not see the land that Jehovah had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And their children, whom He had raised up in place of them, these Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

And when they had finished circumcising the whole nation, they remained in their place at the camp until they recovered.

Then Jehovah said to Joshua, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. So the name of that place has been called  ¹Gilgal to this day.

And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal; and they held the  ¹Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

And on the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.

And the  ¹manna ceased on that day, when they ate of the produce of the land; and there was no longer manna for the children of Israel, but they ate of the yield of the land of Canaan that year.

Now once, when Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked; and behold, there was a  ¹man standing opposite him, and His sword was drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are You for us or for our adversaries?

And He said, Neither, but as the Captain of Jehovah's army have I now come. Then Joshua fell to the ground upon his face and worshipped. And he said to Him, What does my Lord speak to His servant?

And the Captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so.

Now Jericho was  ¹shut up so tight because of the children of Israel that no one went out and no one went in.

And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king and the mighty men of valor into your hand.

And you shall circle the city, all the men of valor, going around the city one time. Thus shall you do for six days.

And seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark. Then on the seventh day you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

And when they give off the blast of the ram's horn and you hear the trumpet sound, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, each straight ahead.

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the  ¹Ark of the Covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark of Jehovah.

And he said to the people, Pass on and circle the city, and let the armed men pass on before the Ark of Jehovah.

Then when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on and blew the trumpets; and the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah went after them.

And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets; and the rearguard went after the Ark, the trumpets continually blowing.

And Joshua commanded the people, saying,  ¹You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word go forth from your mouth, until the day I say to you, Shout! Then you shall shout.

So he had the Ark of Jehovah circle the city, going around it one time. And they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the Ark of Jehovah.

And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns went before the Ark of Jehovah, continually blowing the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rearguard went after the Ark of Jehovah, the trumpets continually blowing.

And they circled the city on the second day one time and returned to the camp. This they did for six days.

Then on the seventh day they rose early, at the break of dawn, and circled the city in the same manner seven times. Only on that day did they circle the city seven times.

And at the seventh time the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, Shout! For Jehovah has given you the city.

And the city shall be devoted to Jehovah for destruction, it and all that is in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers we sent.

But as for you, keep yourselves from what has been devoted to destruction, lest you devote yourselves to destruction by taking of what has been devoted and you make the camp of Israel something devoted to destruction and bring trouble to it.

But all the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and iron, these are holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

So the people shouted and the trumpets were blown; and when the people heard the  ¹trumpet sound, the people  ¹shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat. And the people went up into the city, each straight ahead, and they captured the city.

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city with the edge of the sword: both men and women, young and old, and oxen and sheep and donkeys.

And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go to the house of the harlot, and bring out from there the woman and all that belongs to her, as you swore to her.

And the young men who had been spies went and brought out  ¹Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all that belonged to her; all her family they brought out and set outside the camp of Israel.

And they burned the city with fire and all that was in it; but the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put in the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

And Joshua preserved Rahab the harlot and her father's house and all that belonged to her, and she has dwelt within Israel to this day; for she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho.

Then at that time Joshua charged the people with an oath, saying,  ¹Cursed be the man before Jehovah who rises up to rebuild this city Jericho! At the cost of his firstborn son shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.

So Jehovah was with Joshua, and reports of him were in all the land.