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 (And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;)
2 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king -- mighty ones of valour,
3 and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;
4 and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets,
5 and it hath been, in the prolongation of the horn of the jubilee, in your hearing the voice of the trumpet, all the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall of the city hath fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each over-against him.`
6 And Joshua son of Nun calleth unto the priests, and saith unto them, `Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah;`
7 and He said unto the people, `Pass over, and compass the city, and he who is armed doth pass over before the ark of Jehovah.`
8 And it cometh to pass, when Joshua speaketh unto the people, that the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown with the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them;
9 and he who is armed is going before the priests blowing the trumpets, and he who is gathering up is going after the ark, going on and blowing with the trumpets;
10 and the people hath Joshua commanded, saying, `Ye do not shout, nor cause your voice to be heard, nor doth there go out from your mouth a word, till the day of my saying unto you, Shout ye -- then ye have shouted.`
11 And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city, going round once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp.
12 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah,
13 and seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah are walking, going on, and they have blown with the trumpets -- and he who is armed is going before them, and he who is gathering up is going behind the ark of Jehovah -- going on and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And they compass the city on the second day once, and turn back to the camp; thus they have done six days.
15 And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and compass the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times);
16 and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the trumpets, and Joshua saith unto the people, `Shout ye, for Jehovah hath given to you the city;
17 and the city hath been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who [are] with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;
18 and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;
19 and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they [are] to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.`
20 And the people shout, and blow with the trumpets, and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city, each over-against him, and they capture the city;
21 and they devote all that [is] in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.
22 And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, `Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.`
23 And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.
24 And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that [is] in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given [to] the treasury of the house of Jehovah;
25 and Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 And Joshua adjureth [them] at that time, saying, `Cursed [is] the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, [even] Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;`
27 and Jehovah is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.