Joshua, Chapter 6:
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Versículos de Josué, Capítulo 6 do livro de Josué da Bíblia.
- 1. Jericho was completely surrounded by the Israelites. No one left or entered.
- 2. Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Know that I have given you Jericho, its king and its soldiers.
- 3. March around town once with all armed men. Do this for six days.
- 4. Seven priests will go in front of the ark, each with a ram's horn trumpet. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, and the priests blow the trumpets.
- 5. When the trumpets sound a long blast, all the people give a loud shout. Then the city wall will fall, and the people will attack wherever they are.
- 6. Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said, “Take the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Seven of you will go forward with trumpets.”
- 7. He also commanded the people: “Advance! March around the city! Armed soldiers will go before the ark of the Lord.”
- 8. When Joshua finished speaking to the people, the seven priests who carried the trumpets went ahead, blowing the trumpets. The ark of the Lord's covenant followed behind them.
- 9. The armed soldiers marched ahead of the priests with the trumpets, and the rest of the soldiers followed the ark. All the while, the trumpets continued to play.
- 10. But Joshua had ordered the people, “Don't shout, don't raise your voice, don't say a word until I give the signal. Then you will scream!”
- 11. So the ark of the Lord went around the city, making a complete circuit. Then the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
- 12. The next morning Joshua got up and the priests carried the ark of the Lord.
- 13. The seven priests with the trumpets went in front of the ark, blowing the trumpets. Armed soldiers went ahead of them, and the rest of the army followed the ark of the Lord while the trumpets continued to blow.
- 14. On the second day, they circled the city once more and returned to the camp. They repeated this pattern for six days.
- 15. On the seventh day they rose at dawn and marched around the city seven times. On that day alone they circled the city seven times.
- 16. On the seventh round, when the priests had given the final blast of the trumpets, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! The Lord has given the city to you!
- 17. The city and everything in it will be consecrated to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone in her house will be spared, as she protected the spies we sent.
- 18. But be careful not to appropriate anything that is consecrated, for that would bring destruction and disgrace to the camp of Israel. Beware of it!
- 19. All silver, gold, and articles of bronze and iron are consecrated to the Lord and must be placed in the treasury of the sanctuary.”
- 20. When the trumpets sounded and the people shouted, the city wall collapsed. Then each one advanced from the place where he was, and they conquered the city.
- 21. They consecrated the city to the Lord, destroying everything with the edge of the sword: men, women, young, old, oxen, sheep and donkeys.
- 22. Joshua said to the two spies who had searched the land, "Enter the prostitute's house and take her away from here and all her relatives, as you swore to her."
- 23. So the two spies went and brought Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers and all her relatives. They took them outside the camp of Israel and left them in a safe place.
- 24. Then they set the whole city and everything in it on fire. But the silver and gold and utensils of bronze and iron were taken into the treasury of the Lord's sanctuary.
- 25. Joshua spared the lives of Rahab the prostitute and her family, because she had protected the spies sent to Jericho. Rahab lives among the Israelites to this day.
- 26. That day, Joshua took a solemn oath: ′′ Cursed be before the Lord whoever rebuilds the city of Jericho. At the price of his eldest son he will lay the foundation; at the price of his youngest son, he will set the doors!”.
- 27. So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the whole region.
