1 Ora Jericó estava rigorosamente fechada, por causa dos filhos de Israel: ninguém saía nem entrava.

2 Então disse Jeová a Josué: Eis que entreguei na tua mão a Jericó, ao seu rei e aos ilustres em valor.

3 Vós todos os homens de guerra rodeareis a cidade, contornando-a uma vez. Assim fareis por seis dias.

4 Sete sacerdotes levarão sete trombetas de chifres de carneiros diante da arca; no sétimo dia rodeareis a cidade sete vezes, e os sacerdotes tocarão as trombetas.

5 Quando fizerem um sonido prolongado com a trombeta, e quando ouvirdes o som da mesma, todo o povo dará um grande grito. Cairá rente com o chão o muro da cidade, e o povo subirá, cada um para o lugar que lhe ficar defronte.

6 Chamou Josué, filho de Num, aos sacerdotes, e disse-lhes: Levai a arca da aliança, e levem sete sacerdotes sete trombetas de chifres de carneiros diante da arca de Jeová.

7 Eles disseram ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade, e passem os homens armados adiante da arca de Jeová.

8 Quando Josué havia falado ao povo, os sete sacerdotes, que levavam as sete trombetas diante de Jeová, passaram e tocaram-nas, e seguia-os a arca da aliança de Jeová.

9 Os homens armados iam adiante dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e a retaguarda seguia a arca, tocando os sacerdotes as trombetas enquanto andavam.

10 Josué ordenou ao povo, dizendo: Não gritareis, nem se ouça a vossa voz, nem procederá palavra alguma da vossa boca, até o dia em que eu vos disser: Gritai. Então gritareis.

11 Assim fez a arca de Jeová rodear a cidade, contornando-a uma vez. Entraram no arraial, e ali pousaram.

12 Levantando-se Josué de madrugada, os sacerdotes tomaram a arca de Jeová.

13 Os sete sacerdotes que levavam as sete trombetas diante da arca de Jeová, iam andando e tocavam-nas, enquanto os homens armados marchavam adiante deles, e a retaguarda seguia a arca de Jeová.

14 No segundo dia rodearam a cidade uma vez, e voltaram ao arraial. Assim fizeram por seis dias.

15 No sétimo dia madrugando ao romper da alva, rodearam da mesma maneira a cidade sete vezes; naquele dia somente rodearam a cidade sete vezes.

16 Quando os sacerdotes pela sétima vez tocavam as trombetas, disse Josué ao povo: Gritai, porque Jeová vos entregou a cidade.

17 A cidade será anátema a Jeová, ela e tudo quanto houver nela; somente viverá Raabe, a prostituta, e todos os que estão com ela em casa, porque escondeu os mensageiros que enviamos.

18 Vós, todavia, guardai-vos do anátema, para que, depois de o terdes feito tal, não tomeis do que o é; pois assim fareis anátema o arraial de Israel, e o perturbareis.

19 Porém toda a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de cobre e de ferro, são consagrados a Jeová, e virão para o seu tesouro.

20 Assim gritou o povo, e os sacerdotes tocaram as trombetas. Quando o povo ouviu o sonido da trombeta, levantou um grande grito, e caiu o muro rente com o chão, de maneira que subiram e entraram na cidade, cada um pelo lugar que lhe ficava defronte, e a tomaram.

21 Totalmente destruíram ao fio da espada tudo quanto havia na cidade, homem e mulher, moço e velho, bois, ovelhas e jumentos.

22 Então disse Josué aos dois homens que espiaram a terra: Entrai na casa da prostituta, e tirai-a de lá com tudo o que lhe pertence, assim como lhe prometestes com juramento.

23 Entraram os mancebos espias, e tiraram a Raabe, a seu pai, a sua mãe e a seus irmãos, com tudo o que lhe pertencia, e também a todos os parentes dela, e puseram-nos fora do arraial de Israel.

24 Queimaram a fogo a cidade com tudo o que nela havia; tão-somente a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de cobre e de ferro, colocaram-nos no tesouro da casa de Jeová.

25 Porém Josué conservou em vida a Raabe, a prostituta, e à casa de seu pai com tudo o que ela possuía. Ela ficou habitando no meio de Israel até o dia de hoje, porque escondeu os espias que Josué enviou para reconhecer a Jericó.

26 Nesse tempo Josué os fez jurar: Maldito seja diante de Jeová o homem que se levantar e reedificar esta cidade de Jericó; com a perda do seu primogênito porá os alicerces dela, e com a perda de seu filho mais moço lhe colocará as portas.

27 Assim era Jeová com Josué; e a sua fama estava em toda a terra.

1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in. 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor. 3 All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days. 4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the city wall will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, every man straight in front of him."

6 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh’s ark."

7 They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh’s ark."

8 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of Yahweh’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.

10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout." 11 So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp. 12 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark. 13 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of Yahweh’s ark went on continually, and blew the trumpets. The armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after Yahweh’s ark. The trumpets sounded as they went. 14 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

15 On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. On this day only they marched around the city seven times. 16 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city! 17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so you would make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh’s treasury."

20 So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city. 21 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. 22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her." 23 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel. 24 They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house. 25 But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed is the man before Yahweh who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates." 27 So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.