Ezinsukwini zakhe uHiyeli waseBethele wabuye wakha iJeriko ; wabeka isisekelo salo ngokulahlekelwa ngu-Abiramu izibulo lakhe, wamisa amasango alo ngokulahlekelwa yithunjana lakhe uSegubi , njengezwi likaJehova owalikhuluma ngesandla sikaJoshuwa indodana kaNuni.

Kwathi lapho u -Adoni Sedeki inkosi yaseJerusalema esezwile ukuthi uJoshuwa uthathile i -Ayi, waliqeda nya njengalokho ebenzile kulo iJeriko nenkosi yalo , wayenze njalo kulo i -Ayi nenkosi yalo no kuthi abakhileyo eGibeyoni benzile ukuthula no-Israyeli, baba phakathi kwabo,

IJeriko lalivalile amasango alo ngenxa ya bantwana bakwa -Israyeli; kwakungaphumi muntu, kungangeni muntu.

UJehova wathi kuJoshuwa : Bheka, nginikele esandleni sakho iJeriko , nenkosi yalo, namaqhawe anamandla.

Kepha uRahabi isifebe , nabendlu kayise , nabo bonke anabo , uJoshuwa wabasindisa; uhlala phakathi kuka-Israyeli kuze kube namuhla , lokhu wathukusa izithunywa uJoshuwa azithuma ukuba zihlole iJeriko.

uyakwenza kulo i-Ayi nenkosi yalo njengalokho wenza kulo iJeriko nenkosi yalo; impango yalo kuphela nezinkomo zalo niyakuziphangela khona . Wuqamekele umuzi emva kwawo.

Kepha bathi ukuba abakhileyo eGibeyoni bezwa lokho uJoshuwa ayekwenzile kulo iJeriko ne-Ayi,