Joshua 6

virikho sogeret umesuggeret mippene bene yisra'el en yotse ve'en ba

(Now Jericho was shut up tight because of the Israelites; no one could leave or enter.)

vayyomer Adonai el-yehoshua re'eh natatti veyadekha et-yerikho ve'et-malkah gibbore hekhayil

GOD said to Joshua, “See, I will deliver Jericho into your hands—its king and warriors.

vesabbotem et-ha'ir kol anshe hammilkhamah haqqef et-ha'ir pa'am ekhat koh ta'aseh sheshet yamim

Let all your troops march around the city and complete one circuit of the city. Do this six days,

veshivah khohanim yisu shivah shoferot hayyovelim lifne ha'aron uvayyom hashevi'i tasobbu et-ha'ir sheva pe'amim vehakkohanim yitqe'u bashofarot

with seven priests carrying seven ram’s horns preceding the Ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.

vehayah bimshokh beqeren hayyovel (vshmkhm) [keshomakhem] et-qol hashofar yari'u khol-ha'am teru'ah gedolah venafelah khomat ha'ir takhteha ve'alu ha'am ish negdo

And when a long blast is sounded on the horn—as soon as you hear that sound of the horn—all the troops shall give a mighty shout. Thereupon the city wall will collapse, and the troops shall advance, every man straight ahead.”

vayyiqra yehoshua bin-nun el-hakkohanim vayyomer alehem se'u et-aron habberit veshivah khohanim yisu shivah shoferot yovelim lifne aron Adonai

Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and let seven priests carrying seven ram’s horns precede the Ark of GOD.”

(vymrv) [vayyomer] el-ha'am ivru vesobbu et-ha'ir vehekhaluts ya'avor lifne aron Adonai

And he instructed the troops, “Go forward, march around the city, with the vanguard marching in front of the Ark of GOD.”

vayehi ke'emor yehoshua el-ha'am veshivah hakkohanim nose'im shivah shoferot hayyovelim lifne Adonai averu vetaqe'u bashofarot va'aron berit Adonai holekh akharehem

When Joshua had instructed the troops, the seven priests carrying seven ram’s horns advanced before GOD, blowing their horns; and the Ark of GOD’s Covenant followed them.

vehekhaluts holekh lifne hakkohanim (tqv) [toqe'e] hashofarot vehame'assef holekh akhare ha'aron halokh vetaqoa bashofarot

The vanguard marched in front of the priests who were blowing the horns, and the rear guard marched behind the Ark, with the horns sounding all the time.

ve'et-ha'am tsivvah yehoshua lemor lo tari'u velo-tashmi'u et-qolekhem velo-yetse mippikhem davar ad yom omri alekhem hari'u vahari'otem

But Joshua’s orders to the rest of the troops were, “Do not shout, do not let your voices be heard, and do not let a sound issue from your lips until the moment that I command you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”

vayyassev aron-Adonai et-ha'ir haqqef pa'am ekhat vayyavo'u hammakhaneh vayyalinu bammakhaneh

So he had the Ark of GOD go around the city and complete one circuit; then they returned to camp and spent the night in camp.

vayyashkem yehoshua babboqer vayyisu hakkohanim et-aron Adonai

Joshua rose early the next day; and the priests took up the Ark of GOD,

veshivah hakkohanim nose'im shivah shoferot hayyovelim lifne aron Adonai holekhim halokh vetaqe'u bashofarot vehekhaluts holekh lifnehem vehame'assef holekh akhare aron Adonai (hvlkh) [halokh] vetaqoa bashofarot

while the seven priests bearing the seven ram’s horns marched in front of the Ark of GOD, blowing the horns as they marched. The vanguard marched in front of them, and the rear guard marched behind the Ark of GOD, with the horns sounding all the time.

vayyasobbu et-ha'ir bayyom hasheni pa'am akhat vayyashuvu hammakhaneh koh asu sheshet yamim

And so they marched around the city once on the second day and returned to the camp. They did this six days.

vayehi bayyom hashevi'i vayyashkimu ka'alot hashakhar vayyasobbu et-ha'ir kammishpat hazzeh sheva pe'amim raq bayyom hahu savevu et-ha'ir sheva pe'amim

On the seventh day, they rose at daybreak and marched around the city, in the same manner, seven times; that was the only day that they marched around the city seven times.

vayehi bappa'am hashevi'it taqe'u hakkohanim bashofarot vayyomer yehoshua el-ha'am hari'u ki-natan Adonai lakhem et-ha'ir

On the seventh round, as the priests blew the horns, Joshua commanded the troops, “Shout! For GOD has given you the city.

vehayetah ha'ir kherem hi vekhol-asher-bah la-Adonai raq rakhav hazzonah tikhyeh hi vekhol-asher ittah babbayit ki hekhbe'atah et-hammalakhim asher shalakhenu

The city and everything in it are to be proscribed for GOD; only Rahab the prostitute is to be spared, and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers we sent.

veraq-attem shimru min-hakherem pen-takharimu uleqakhtem min-hakherem vesamtem et-makhaneh yisra'el lekherem va'akhartem oto

But you must beware of that which is proscribed, or else you will be proscribed: if you take anything from that which is proscribed, you will cause the camp of Israel to be proscribed; you will bring calamity upon it.

vekhol kesef vezahav ukhele nekhoshet uvarzel qodesh hu la-Adonai otsar Adonai yavo

All the silver and gold and objects of copper and iron are consecrated to GOD; they must go into the treasury of GOD.”

vayyara ha'am vayyitqe'u bashofarot vayehi khishmoa ha'am et-qol hashofar vayyari'u ha'am teru'ah gedolah vattippol hakhomah takhteha vayya'al ha'am ha'irah ish negdo vayyilkedu et-ha'ir

So the troops shouted when the horns were sounded. When the troops heard the sound of the horns, they raised a mighty shout and the wall collapsed. The troops rushed into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they captured the city.

vayyakharimu et-kol-asher ba'ir me'ish ve'ad-isha minna'ar ve'ad-zaqen ve'ad shor vaseh vakhamor lefi-kharev

They exterminated everything in the city with the sword: man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey.

velishnayim ha'anashim hameraggelim et-ha'arets amar yehoshua bo'u bet-ha'isha hazzonah vehotsi'u misham et-ha'isha ve'et-kol-asher-lah ka'asher nishbatem lah

But Joshua bade the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into that prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all that belong to her, as you swore to her.”

vayyavo'u hanne'arim hameraggelim vayyotsi'u et-rakhav ve'et-aviha ve'et-immah ve'et-akheha ve'et-kol-asher-lah ve'et kol-mishpekhoteha hotsi'u vayyannikhum mikhuts lemakhaneh yisra'el

So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and her mother, her brothers and all that belonged to her—they brought out her whole family and left them outside the camp of Israel.

veha'ir sarefu va'esh vekhol-asher-bah raq hakkesef vehazzahav ukhele hannekhoshet vehabbarzel natenu otsar bet-Adonai

They burned down the city and everything in it. But the silver and gold and the objects of copper and iron were deposited in the treasury of the House of GOD.

ve'et-rakhav hazzonah ve'et-bet aviha ve'et-kol-asher-lah hekheyah yehoshua vatteshev beqerev yisra'el ad hayyom hazzeh ki hekhbi'ah et-hammalakhim asher-shalakh yehoshua leraggel et-yerikho

Only Rahab the prostitute and her family were spared by Joshua, along with all that belonged to her, and she dwelt among the Israelites—as is still the case. For she had hidden the messengers that Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

vayyashba yehoshua ba'et hahi lemor arur ha'ish lifne Adonai asher yaqum uvanah et-ha'ir hazzot et-yerikho bivkhoro yeyassedennah uvitsiro yatsiv delateha

At that time Joshua pronounced this oath: “Anyone who undertakes to fortify this city of Jericho is hereby under GOD’s curse: its foundations shall be laid at the cost of their first-born, and its gates set up at the cost of their youngest.”

vayehi Adonai et-yehoshua vayehi shomo bekhol-ha'arets

GOD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.