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.
1 Ora Jericó estava rigorosamente fechada por causa dos filhos de Israel; ninguém saía nem entrava.
2 Então disse o Senhor a Josué: Olha, tenho dado na tua mão a Jericó, ao seu rei e aos seus homens valorosos.
3 Vós, pois, todos os homens de guerra, rodeareis a cidade, cercando-a uma vez; assim fareis por seis dias.
4 E sete sacerdotes levarão sete buzinas de chifres de carneiros adiante da arca, e no sétimo dia rodeareis a cidade sete vezes, e os sacerdotes tocarão as buzinas.
5 E será que, tocando-se prolongadamente a buzina de carneiro, ouvindo vós o seu sonido, todo o povo gritará com grande brado; e o muro da cidade cairá abaixo, e o povo subirá por ele, cada um em frente.
6 Então Josué, filho de Num, chamou aos sacerdotes e disse-lhes: Levai a arca da aliança; e sete sacerdotes levem sete buzinas de chifres de carneiros, adiante da arca do Senhor.
7 E disse ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade; e quem estiver armado, passe adiante da arca do Senhor.
8 E assim foi que, como Josué dissera ao povo, os sete sacerdotes, levando as sete buzinas de carneiros diante do Senhor, passaram e tocaram as buzinas; e a arca da aliança do Senhor os seguia.
9 E os homens armados iam adiante dos sacerdotes, que tocavam as buzinas; e a retaguarda seguia após a arca; andando e tocando as buzinas iam os sacerdotes.
10 Porém ao povo Josué tinha dado ordem, dizendo: Não gritareis, nem fareis ouvir a vossa voz, nem sairá palavra alguma da vossa boca até ao dia que eu vos diga: Gritai. Então gritareis.
11 E fez a arca do Senhor rodear a cidade, contornando-a uma vez; e entraram no arraial, e ali passaram a noite.
12 Depois Josué se levantou de madrugada, e os sacerdotes levaram a arca do Senhor.
13 E os sete sacerdotes, que levavam as sete buzinas de chifres de carneiros, adiante da arca do Senhor, iam andando, e tocavam as buzinas, e os homens armados iam adiante deles e a retaguarda seguia atrás da arca do Senhor; os sacerdotes iam andando e tocando as buzinas.
14 Assim rodearam outra vez a cidade no segundo dia e voltaram para o arraial; e assim fizeram seis dias.
15 E sucedeu que, ao sétimo dia, madrugaram ao subir da alva, e da mesma maneira rodearam a cidade sete vezes; naquele dia somente rodearam a cidade sete vezes.
16 E sucedeu que, tocando os sacerdotes pela sétima vez as buzinas, disse Josué ao povo: Gritai, porque o Senhor vos tem dado a cidade.
17 Porém a cidade será anátema ao Senhor, ela e tudo quanto houver nela; somente a prostituta Raabe viverá; ela e todos os que com ela estiverem em casa; porquanto escondeu os mensageiros que enviamos.
18 Tão-somente guardai-vos do anátema, para que não toqueis nem tomeis alguma coisa dele, e assim façais maldito o arraial de Israel, e o perturbeis.
19 Porém toda a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de metal, e de ferro são consagrados ao Senhor; irão ao tesouro do Senhor.
20 Gritou, pois, o povo, tocando os sacerdotes as buzinas; e sucedeu que, ouvindo o povo o sonido da buzina, gritou o povo com grande brado; e o muro caiu abaixo, e o povo subiu à cidade, cada um em frente de si, e tomaram a cidade.
21 E tudo quanto havia na cidade destruíram totalmente ao fio da espada, desde o homem até à mulher, desde o menino até ao velho, e até ao boi e gado miúdo, e ao jumento.
22 Josué, porém, disse aos dois homens que tinham espiado a terra: Entrai na casa da mulher prostituta, e tirai-a de lá com tudo quanto tiver, como lhe tendes jurado.
23 Então entraram os jovens espias, e tiraram a Raabe e a seu pai, e a sua mãe, e a seus irmãos, e a tudo quanto tinha; tiraram também a toda a sua parentela, e os puseram fora do arraial de Israel.
24 Porém a cidade e tudo quanto havia nela queimaram a fogo; tão-somente a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de metal e de ferro, deram para o tesouro da casa do Senhor.
25 Assim deu Josué vida à prostituta Raabe e à família de seu pai, e a tudo quanto tinha; e habitou no meio de Israel até ao dia de hoje; porquanto escondera os mensageiros que Josué tinha enviado a espiar a Jericó.
26 E naquele tempo Josué os esconjurou, dizendo: Maldito diante do Senhor seja o homem que se levantar e reedificar esta cidade de Jericó; sobre seu primogênito a fundará, e sobre o seu filho mais novo lhe porá as portas.
27 Assim era o Senhor com Josué; e corria a sua fama por toda a terra.