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Jozua 6
Het Boek
Jozua 6
Het Boek
De verovering van Jericho
6 De poorten van Jericho werden zorgvuldig gesloten gehouden, omdat de inwoners bang waren voor de Israëlieten, niemand mocht naar binnen of naar buiten. 2 Maar de Here zei tegen Jozua: ‘Jericho, zijn koning en al zijn machtige strijders zijn al verslagen, want Ik heb hen in uw macht gegeven! 3,4 Uw hele leger moet zes dagen lang één keer per dag om de stad heen trekken, gevolgd door zeven priesters die voor de ark uit lopen en ieder een ramshoorn dragen. Op de zevende dag moet u zevenmaal rond de stad trekken, terwijl de priesters op hun ramshoornen blazen. 5 Wanneer zij dan een lang, hard hoorngeschal laten horen, moet het hele volk hard juichen, waarna de muren van de stad zullen instorten. Daarna moet u van alle kanten de stad binnenvallen.’
6-9 Jozua riep daarop de priesters bijeen en gaf hun de nodige bevelen. De gewapende mannen moesten de stoet aanvoeren, gevolgd door de zeven priesters die de ramshoornen bliezen. Achter hen moesten dan de priesters lopen die de ark droegen, gevolgd door de achterhoede. 10 Jozua beval het volk: ‘Er moet volledige stilte in acht worden genomen. Laat niemand zijn mond opendoen tot ik u zeg dat u moet juichen, juich dan!’ 11 De ark werd die dag rond de stad gedragen, waarna iedereen terugkeerde naar het kamp om er de nacht door te brengen.
12-14 Toen het de volgende morgen licht werd, maakten zij weer een rondgang. Daarna keerde iedereen terug naar het kamp. Dit deden zij zes dagen lang.
15 Bij het aanbreken van de zevende dag gingen zij weer naar de stad, maar nu liepen zij er zevenmaal omheen in plaats van eenmaal. 16 Bij de zevende keer lieten de priesters de ramshoorns klinken en Jozua riep tot het volk: ‘Juich, de Here heeft ons de stad gegeven!’
17 Vóór die tijd had Jozua zijn mensen gezegd: ‘De stad en alles wat daarin is, moet voor de Here worden vernietigd, maar alleen de prostituee Rachab en allen die in haar huis zijn, mogen in leven blijven omdat zij de spionnen heeft beschermd. 18 Vergrijp u niet aan al wat voor de Here vernietigd wordt. Als u zich iets als buit toeëigent, zal dit rampzalige gevolgen hebben voor Israël.’ 19 Alle zilveren, gouden, koperen en ijzeren voorwerpen moeten aan de Here worden gegeven en naar zijn schatkamer worden gebracht, al het overige moet worden vernietigd. 20 Toen de ramshoornen schalden, juichte het volk en daarop stortte de stadsmuur in. De Israëlieten stroomden van alle kanten de stad binnen en namen haar in. 21 Zij vernietigden alles: mannen en vrouwen, jong en oud, ossen, schapen, ezels, letterlijk alles. 22 Toen zei Jozua tegen de twee spionnen: ‘Kom uw belofte na. Zorg dat de prostituee en haar familieleden in veiligheid worden gebracht.’ 23 De jongemannen gingen naar het huis en brachten Rachab, haar ouders, broers en andere familieleden in veiligheid. Er werd een regeling voor hen getroffen dat zij buiten het kamp van de Israëlieten mochten verblijven. 24 Daarna legden de Israëlieten de hele stad in de as. Alleen het goud, het zilver en de koperen en ijzeren voorwerpen werden bewaard in de schatkamer van de Here.
25 Zo spaarde Jozua de prostituee Rachab en al haar familieleden die bij haar in huis waren. Zij wonen nog steeds bij de Israëlieten omdat zij de spionnen die Jozua naar Jericho had gestuurd, had verborgen. 26 Jozua sprak daarna een vreselijke vervloeking uit over iedereen die Jericho zou proberen te herbouwen. Het leggen van het fundament zou het leven van zijn oudste zoon kosten en als hij de poorten overeind zou zetten, zou dat gaan ten koste van zijn jongste zoon.
27 Zo hielp de Here Jozua en hij werd overal beroemd.
Joshua 6
New International Version
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
King James Version
Joshua 6
King James Version
6 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto 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 unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.
9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
11 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.
17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that 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 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
27 So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
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