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Quote: ![]() -- Joshua, the son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them: «Take the Ark of the Covenant and have seven priests holding seven ram horns walk before the Ark of the Eternal. » Then he said to the people: « Go and encompass the city and let the advance guard walk before the Ark of the Eternal. » As soon as Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams’ horns passed before the Eternal blowing the horns; the Ark of the Covenant of God followed them. The advance guard walked before the priests who blew the horns and the rear guard walked behind the Ark and they walked in this manner to the sound of the horns. Joshua gave this order to the people: « Do not cry out; do not allow your voices to be heard and do not let a word come out of your mouth until I say: “Cry out!” Then you will shout. The Ark of the Eternal encompassed the city; they went around one time and then returned to the camp and spent the night there. Joshua rose early the next morning […] On the second day, they went around the city once; they then returned to the camp. They continued to do this for six days. On the seventh day, they rose at dawn and went around the city in the same order seven times; it was the only day that they encompassed the city seven times. On the seventh time, the priests sounded the horns and Joshua said to the people: « Cry out for the Eternal has handed over this city to you! The city and all that is in it will be banned to you in the name of the Eternal. […] » The people shouted out when the horns were blown. […] The wall came crumbling down and the people rushed forward into the city, every man went out against it and took the city. And they respected the ban on everything in the city; men and women, young and old, including the cattle, the sheep and the asses - all perished by the sword. -- Tho Erik von Däniken has a nice interpretation of this one. |