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15 Then it happened that on the seventh day they rose early at the [a]breaking of dawn and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times. 16 Now it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “(A)Shout! For Yahweh has given you the city. 17 And the city shall be (B)devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it belongs to Yahweh; only Rahab the harlot [b]and all who are with her in the house shall live because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

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  1. Joshua 6:15 Lit rising
  2. Joshua 6:17 Lit she and all

15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.(A) 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!(B) 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a](C) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(D) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(E) the spies we sent.

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  1. Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.