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Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

בִּֽהְי֣וֹת (בִּֽ) bi “when”בִּירִיחוֹ֒ (בִּ) bi. “at”בְּיָד֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.

בְיָֽדְךָ֔ (בְ) ve. “in”

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

וּבַיּוֹם֙ (בַ) vai. “on the”בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ׀ (בִּ) bi “when”בְּקֶ֣רֶן (בְּ) be. “on”

So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

בַּשּֽׁוֹפָר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.

בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (בַּֽ) Ba. “in the”

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

בַּפַּ֣עַם (בַּ) ba. “at the”בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “[is] in <the>”בַּבַּ֔יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

בַּשֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

בָּעִ֔יר (בָּ) ba. “[was] in the”

Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.

בָאֵ֖שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”בָּ֑הּ (בָּ֑) Ba “[was] in <the>”

But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

בְּקֶ֣רֶב (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his younges

בָּעֵ֥ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בִּבְכֹר֣וֹ (בִּ) bi “with”וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹ (בִ) vi “with”

So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.

בַּחֵ֑רֶם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּבְנֵ֥י (בִּ) bi “on”

The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.

בַּמּוֹרָ֑ד (בַּ) ba. “at the”

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

בְּיַ֥ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵ֖בֶר (בְּ) be. “on”

Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.

בִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃ (בִ) vi “among”

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been t

בְּקִרְבְּךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, m

בַּבֹּ֖קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”