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## Joshua 6:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/joshua/6/1) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.*
 
 [2 ](/kjv/joshua/6/2) And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, *and* the mighty men of valour.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/joshua/6/3) And ye shall compass the city, all *ye* men of war, *and* go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/joshua/6/4) And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
 
[Joshua 5](/kjv/joshua/5) [Joshua 7](/kjv/joshua/7)

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