Joshua · Chapter 6

[ edit] Jericho forſoþe was cloſid and waardid, for drede of þe ſones of Irael, and no man dorſt goo in, or goo out. And þe Lord ſeide to Joſue, Loo, Y haue ȝeue into þin hoondis Jericho, and þe kyng of it, and alle þe ſtronge men. Gooþ about þe cytee, alle ȝe fiȝters, to gidre bi þe day; ſo ȝe ſhulen do ſix days. Forſoþe þe ſeuenþe day þe preſtis ſhulen taak ſeuen trompes, whos vſe is in þe iubile; and go þei before þe arke of þe boond of pees; and ſeuen ſiþis ȝe ſhulen goo about þe cyte, and þe preſtis ſhulen crye wiþ þe trompes.

And whanne þe voyce of þe trompe lenger and þicker ful ſowneþ, and in ȝoure eeris braggiþ, al þe puple ſhal crye wiþ mooſt out crye; and þe wallis of þe cyte ſhulen fuldoun falle, and eche ſhal goon in bi þe place, aȝens þe which þei ſtoden. Joſue þanne, þe ſone of Nun, clepide þe preſtis, and ſeide to hem, Taak ȝe þe arke of þe boond of pees, and ſeuen oþer preſtis taak þei ſeuen trompes of þe iubilees, and goo þei before þe arke of þe Lord. Forſoþe to þe puple he ſeiþ, Gooþ, and enuyrowneþ þe cite, aarmed goynge before þe arke of þe Lord.

And whanne Joſue hadde eendid þe wordis, and ſeuen preeſtis wiþ ſeuen trompes crieden before þe arke of þe boond of pees of þe Lord, and al þe puple aarmed wente before, þe left comouns folowid þe arke, and wiþ trompes alle þingis þei ſowneden. Forſoþe Joſue comaundide to þe puple, ſeiynge, Ȝe ſhulen not crye, ne ſhal be herd ȝoure voyce, ne eny word of ȝoure mouþ ſhal goon out, to þe tyme þat þe day come, in þe which Y ſchal ſeye to ȝow, Crieþ, and wiþ an out voyce crieþ. Þanne þe arke of þe Lord enuyrounde þe cyte onys bi day, and turned aȝen into þe tentis dwellide þere.

Þanne Joſue ryſynge fro nyȝt, þe preeſtys token þe arke of þe Lord; and ſeuen of hem ſeuen trompes, of þe whiche vſe is in þe iubilee; and þei wenten before þe arke of þe Lord, goynge and trompynge; and þe puple armed wente before hem. Forſoþe þat oþer comouns folwide þe arke, and wiþ trompis ſownede. And þei wenten a boute þe citee þe ſecounde day onys, and turneden aȝen into þe tentis; ſo þei diden ſixe days. Forſoþe þe ſeuenþe day eerly ryſynge wenten about þe cytee, as it was diſpoſid, ſeuen ſiþes.

And whanne þe ſeuenþe goynge about þe preſtis cryeden wiþ trompes, Joſue ſeyde to al Yrael, Wiþ an out voice crie ȝe; forſoþe þe Lord haþ taak to vs þe citee; and be þis cyte curſid, and alle þingis þat in it ben to þe Lord. Alone Raab þe ſtrompet lyue, wiþ alle þat wiþ hir in hows ben; forſoþe ſhe hidde meſſangeris þe whiche we ſenten. Ȝe forſoþe beþ war, leſt of þes þingis þat ben comaundid eny þing ȝe towchen, and ben gilti of treſpaſſe; and alle þe tentes of Yrael be vndur ſynne, and diſtourblid. Forſoþe what euer þing of gold and of ſiluer were, and of braſen veſſelis, and of yren, to þe Lord be it halowid, put vp in þe treſours of hym.

Þanne al þe puple criynge out, and criynge þe trumpis, after þat into þe eeris of þe multitude þe ſown braggide, þe wallis anoon fellen down; and echon ſtyeden vp bi þe place þat aȝens hem was. And þei token þe cytee, and ſlewen alle þat weren in it, fro man vnto womman, fro ȝonge vnto oold; forſoþe oxen, and ſheep, and aſſis, in mouþ of þe ſwerd þei ſmyten. To þe two men forſoþe, þat aſpiers weren ſente, ſeide Joſue, Gooþ into þe hows of þe womman ſtrompet, and brynge hir forþ, and alle þat ben of hir, as to hir bi ooþ ȝe han ſtedefaſtly ſeide.

And þe ȝonge goon yn, ladden out Raab, and hir eldris, breþeren forſoþe, and al purtenaunce to houſhold, and al þe kynrede of hir; and out of þe tentis of Yrael þei maden to dwelle. Forſoþe þe cyte, and al þat were foundun in it, þei brenten, wiþ outen þe gold, and ſiluer, and braſen veſſels, and yren, þe whiche into þe treſory of þe Lord þei ſacriden. Forſoþe Raab ſtrompet, and þe hows of hir fader, and al þat ſhe hadde, Joſue made to lyue; and þei dwelten in þe myddil of Irael, vnto þe preſent day; forþi þat ſhe hidde þe meſſangers, þe whiche he hadde ſent for to aſpie Jerycho. In þat tyme Joſue curſide, ſeiynge, Curſid þe man before þe Lord, þat reriþ vp or bildiþ Jericho cyte!

In his firſt goten ligge he þe foundementis of it, and in þe laſt of þe free children putte he þe ȝatis of it. Was þanne þe Lord wiþ Joſue, and þe name of hym is puppliſhid in al þe loond.