20 So the people shouted, and [a]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the (A)wall fell down [b]flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight [c]ahead, and they took the city. 21 (B)They [d]utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

22 And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “(C)Go into the prostitute’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, just as you have sworn to her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:20 Lit they
  2. Joshua 6:20 Lit in its place
  3. Joshua 6:20 Lit before himself
  4. Joshua 6:21 Or put under the ban

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