Now Jericho was tightly shut up Because of the children of Israel None went out and none came in And the Lord said unto Joshua See, I have given into thine hand, Jericho And the king there of and the mighty men of valor And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war And go 'round about the city once Thus shalt thou do six days 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 the trumpets And it shall come to pass That when they make a long blast with the ram's horn And when ye hear the sound of the trumpet All the people shall shout with a great shout And the wall of the city shall fall down flat And the people shall ascend up every man straight before him For the Lord hath said unto Joshua "Shout, for I have given you the city The inhabitants of Jericho were perverted by sin and corrupt Surrounded by walls so thick, that chariots raced on top With ladders, catapults and spearheads readied And blazing in the sun, the armies of Israel Stood waiting for commands of war to come For thirty-nine years Joshua was Trained under Moses righteous hand And it was Joshua who led nearly Three million Israelites into the promised land Now Moses was dead and the real test came could He simply follow God