Jozua 6
BasisBijbel
Jozua ontmoet een gewapende man (vervolg)
6 Omdat de Israëlieten waren overgestoken, had Jericho de stadspoorten dicht gedaan. Niemand kon de stad nog in of uit. 2 De engel zei namens de Heer tegen Jozua: "Let op, Ik geef Jericho met zijn koning en zijn helden in je macht. 3 Loop met je hele leger één keer om de stad heen. Doe dat zes dagen lang. 4 Zeven priesters moeten ieder een ramshoorn dragen. Daarmee moeten ze voor de kist van het verbond uit lopen. Op de zevende dag moeten jullie zeven keer om de stad heen trekken. De priesters moeten op de ramshorens blazen. 5 Als jullie horen dat er een lange toon op de ramshorens wordt geblazen, moet het hele volk zo hard mogelijk gaan juichen. Dan zal de muur van de stad instorten. Laat iedereen recht voor zich uit over de muur klimmen."
Het volk trekt rond Jericho
6 Jozua riep de priesters en zei tegen hen: "Neem de kist van het verbond van de Heer. Laat zeven priesters met ramshorens voor de kist van het verbond van de Heer uit lopen." 7 Tegen het volk zei hij: "Loop om de stad heen. Voorop loopt een deel van het leger. Daarachter de priesters met de ramshorens. Daarachter de kist van het verbond, en daarachter de rest van het leger." 8 De zeven priesters die de zeven ramshorens droegen, begonnen te lopen. Ze bliezen op de ramshorens. Ze werden gevolgd door de kist van het verbond van de Heer. 9 Een deel van het leger liep voor de priesters met de ramshorens uit. De rest van het leger kwam achter de kist van het verbond aan. Er werd aldoor op de ramshorens geblazen. 10 Jozua had het volk bevolen: "Jullie mogen niet juichen en zelfs niet praten. Jullie mogen geen woord zeggen tot op de dag dat ik zeg: 'Juich!' Dán moeten jullie juichen." 11 Zo liet hij de kist van het verbond van de Heer één keer om de stad heen trekken. Toen kwam iedereen in het tentenkamp terug. Daar overnachtten ze.
12 De volgende morgen stond Jozua vroeg op. De priesters tilden de kist van het verbond weer op. 13 De zeven priesters liepen met de ramshorens voor de kist van het verbond uit en bliezen onderweg op de horens. Voor hen uit liep een deel van het leger en de anderen kwamen achter de kist van het verbond aan. 14 Zo trokken ze op de tweede dag weer één keer om de stad heen en kwamen daarna terug in het tentenkamp. Dat deden ze zes dagen.
15 Op de zevende dag stonden ze op zodra het licht begon te worden. Ze trokken op dezelfde manier om de stad heen, maar nu zeven keer. Alleen op die dag trokken ze zeven keer om de stad heen. 16 Toen de priesters bij de zevende keer op de horens bliezen, zei Jozua tegen het volk: "Juich, want de Heer heeft jullie de stad gegeven! 17 Maar denk erom: de hele stad en alles wat er in de stad is, is voor de Heer en moet gedood worden. Alleen Rachab mag in leven blijven, met alle mensen die bij haar in huis zijn. Want zij heeft de spionnen verborgen die wij gestuurd hadden. 18 Denk erom dat alles voor de Heer is. Jullie mogen niets als buit meenemen naar het tentenkamp. Als jullie dat tóch doen, komt er een vloek over het tentenkamp van Israël. 19 Alles wat van zilver, goud, koper of ijzer is, is voor de Heer en zal bij de schat van de Heer komen."
Jericho wordt veroverd
20 Toen begonnen de priesters op de ramshorens te blazen. Zodra het volk het geluid van de ramshorens hoorde, begon het te juichen. Toen stortte de stadsmuur in. En het volk klom de stad binnen, ieder recht voor zich uit. Zo veroverden ze de stad. 21 Ze doodden iedereen: mannen en vrouwen, jong en oud. Zelfs de koeien, schapen en ezels doodden ze. 22 Maar tegen de twee mannen die het land hadden verkend, zei Jozua: "Ga naar het huis van Rachab. Breng haar en alle mensen die bij haar horen naar buiten, zoals jullie haar gezworen hebben." 23 De twee verkenners gingen naar binnen en haalden Rachab op met haar vader, haar moeder, haar broers en iedereen die bij haar hoorde, haar hele familie. En ze wezen hun buiten het tentenkamp van Israël een plaats aan waar ze mochten gaan wonen. 24 Maar de stad werd verbrand met alles wat er in was. Alleen alles wat van zilver, goud, koper en ijzer was, werd meegenomen. Het werd bij de schat van het heiligdom van de Heer gelegd. 25 Zo redde Jozua Rachab en haar hele familie. En haar familie heeft altijd bij de Israëlieten gewoond. En daar woont haar familie nu nog steeds, omdat Rachab de verkenners verborgen had die Jozua had gestuurd om Jericho te verkennen. 26 Toen zwoer Jozua: "Vervloekt is de man die de stad Jericho herbouwt. Als hij de stad herbouwt, zal dat zijn oudste zoon het leven kosten. En als hij de poortdeuren inzet, zal dat zijn jongste zoon het leven kosten."[a]
27 En de Heer was met Jozua en in het hele land werden zijn grote daden bekend.
Footnotes
- Jozua 6:26 Dit werd werkelijkheid toen ruim 500 jaar later Jericho werd herbouwd. Lees 1 Koningen 16:34.
Joshua 6
New International Version
6 Now the gates of Jericho(A) were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered(B) Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns(C) in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.(D) 5 When you hear them sound a long blast(E) on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;(F) then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”(G) 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance(H)! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark(I) of the Lord.”
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard(J) followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!(K)” 11 So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.
12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.(L) 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!(M) 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a](N) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(O) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(P) the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,(Q) so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction(R) and bring trouble(S) on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(T) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”
20 When the trumpets sounded,(U) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(V) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(W) 21 They devoted(X) the city to the Lord and destroyed(Y) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
22 Joshua said to the two men(Z) who had spied out(AA) the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.(AB)” 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.(AC) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
24 Then they burned the whole city(AD) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(AE) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.(AF) 25 But Joshua spared(AG) Rahab the prostitute,(AH) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho(AI)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath:(AJ) “Cursed(AK) before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:
“At the cost of his firstborn son
he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
he will set up its gates.”(AL)
27 So the Lord was with Joshua,(AM) and his fame spread(AN) throughout the land.
Footnotes
- Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.
Joshua 6
English Standard Version
The Fall of Jericho
6 Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, (A)I have given Jericho into your hand, 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 Seven priests shall bear seven (B)trumpets of (C)rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and (D)the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when 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,[a] and the people shall go up, everyone 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 (E)the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.”
8 And just 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 The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the (F)rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually. 10 But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.” 11 So he caused the ark of the Lord to circle 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 (G)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 walked on, and they blew the trumpets continually. And the armed men were walking before them, and the rear guard was walking 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 (H)devoted to the Lord for destruction.[b] Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she (I)hid the messengers whom 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 (J)a thing for destruction and (K)bring trouble upon it. 19 But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy 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 shouted a great shout, and (L)the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21 Then they (M)devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, (N)as you swore to her.” 23 So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and (O)her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. 24 And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. (P)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 prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And (Q)she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, (R)“Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.
“At the cost of his firstborn
shall he lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest son
shall he set up its gates.”
27 (S)So the Lord was with Joshua, and (T)his fame was in all the land.
Footnotes
- Joshua 6:5 Hebrew under itself; also verse 20
- Joshua 6:17 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 18, 21
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