And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.

And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,