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fell with his face to the earth and worshipped him, and
said, “ What saith my Lord unto his servant?” The
Lord told Joshua to put off his shoes, for he stood on
holy; ground. Joshua obeyed. The Lord then gave
him instructions how he was to take the city. Joshua
exactly followed them, so that Jericho fell into his
hands.

George. How did he commence ?

Grandfather. He called the priests and the people,
and directed them what they were to do. They walked
round the city in this order: First armed men went to
prepare the way for the ark; next seven priests, each
having a trumpet of ram’s horn; then the ark; and
the rearward followed it. They marched round the city
in silence, except that the priests blew the trumpets
they carried in their hands. When they had compassed
the city once, they returned to their camp. Early the
next morning they rose and marched round the city in
exactly the same order, with the same accompanying
music, the priests blowing the trumpets. This they
did six days. On the seventh they rose at dawn, and
marched round as usual, not once only as on other
days, but seven times. The seventh time, when the
priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua told the people
to shout, for the Lord had given them the city. Jeri-
cho, he further told them, was accursed. Every person
and every thing in it were to be destroyed, except
Rahab and those who were with her. The gold and
silver, the vessels of brass and iron, were consecrated