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.
1 Now Jericho was shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given into your hand Jericho, with its king and mighty men of valor.
3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; and on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets.
5 And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."
6 So 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 the ark of the LORD."
7 And he said to the people, "Go forward; march around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the LORD."
8 And as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD following them.
9 And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.
10 But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then you shall shout."
11 So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and spent the night in the camp.
12 Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD passed on, blowing the trumpets continually; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets blew continually.
14 And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days.
15 On the seventh day they rose early at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times: it was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times.
16 And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout; for the LORD has given you the city.
17 And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction, and bring trouble upon it.
19 But all silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are sacred to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD."
20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
21 Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword.
22 And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her."
23 So the young men who had been spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her; and they brought all her kindred, and set them outside the camp of Israel.
24 And they burned the city with fire, and all within it; only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
25 But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive; and she dwelt in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.