Joshua · Catholic Public Domain Version
Joshua 6 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Now Jericho was closed as well as fortified, out of fear of the sons of Israel, and no one dared to depart or to enter.
1 EMPERO Jericó estaba cerrada, bien cerrada, á causa de los hijos de Israel: nadie entraba, ni salía.
2 And the Lord said to Joshua: “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and all the strong men.
2 Mas Jehová dijo á Josué: Mira, yo he entregado en tu mano á Jericó y á su rey, con sus varones de guerra.
3 Have all the warriors circle the city once each day; you shall do so for six days.
3 Cercaréis pues la ciudad todos los hombres de guerra, yendo alrededor de la ciudad una vez: y esto haréis seis días.
4 Then, on the seventh day, the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used on the jubilee, and they shall precede the ark of the covenant. And you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.
4 Y siete sacerdotes llevarán siete bocinas de cuernos de carneros delante del arca; y al séptimo día daréis siete vueltas á la ciudad, y los sacerdotes tocarán las bocinas.
5 And when the voice of the trumpet sounds longer and with interruptions, and it increases in your ears, then all the people shall cry out together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the foundation, and they shall enter it, each from a place opposite where they are standing.”
5 Y cuando tocaren prolongadamente el cuerno de carnero, así que oyereis el sonido de la bocina, todo el pueblo gritará á gran voz, y el muro de la ciudad caerá debajo de sí: entonces el pueblo subirá cada uno en derecho de sí.
6 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and he said to them, “Take the ark of the covenant, and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and advance before the ark of the Lord.”
6 Y llamando Josué hijo de Nun á los sacerdotes, les dijo: Llevad el arca del pacto, y siete sacerdotes lleven bocinas de cuernos de carneros delante del arca de Jehová.
7 He also said to the people, “Go, and circle the city, armed, preceding the ark of the Lord.”
7 Y dijo al pueblo: Pasad, y rodead la ciudad; y los que están armados pasarán delante del arca de Jehová.
8 And when Joshua had finished his words, and the seven priests sounded the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
8 Y así que Josué hubo hablado al pueblo, los siete sacerdotes, llevando las siete bocinas de cuernos de carneros, pasaron delante del arca de Jehová, y tocaron las bocinas: y el arca del pacto de Jehová los seguía.
9 and all the armed soldiers went ahead, the remainder of the common people followed the ark, and the sound of the trumpets grew louder everywhere.
9 Y los armados iban delante de los sacerdotes que tocaban las bocinas, y la gente reunida iba detrás del arca, andando y tocando bocinas.
10 But Joshua had instructed the people, saying, “You shall not cry out, nor shall your voice be heard, and no word at all shall proceed from your mouth, until the day arrives on which I will say to you, ‘Cry out, and shout.’ ”
10 Y Josué mandó al pueblo, diciendo: Vosotros no daréis grita, ni se oirá vuestra voz, ni saldrá palabra de vuestra boca, hasta el día que yo os diga: Gritad: entonces daréis grita.
11 Thus, the ark of the Lord circled the city once each day, and returning to the camp, it remained there.
11 El arca pues de Jehová dió una vuelta alrededor de la ciudad, y viniéronse al real, en el cual tuvieron la noche.
12 And so, with Joshua, arising in the night, the priests took the ark of the Lord,
12 Y Josué se levantó de mañana, y los sacerdotes tomaron el arca de Jehová.
13 and seven of them took the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and they preceded the ark of the Lord, walking and sounding the trumpets. And the armed men went before them, and the remainder of the common people followed the ark, and they were blaring the trumpets.
13 Y los siete sacerdotes, llevando las siete bocinas de cuernos de carneros, fueron delante del arca de Jehová, andando siempre y tocando las bocinas; y los armados iban delante de ellos, y la gente reunida iba detrás del arca de Jehová, andando y tocando las bocinas.
14 And they circled the city on the second day, once, and they returned to the camp. They did so for six days.
14 Así dieron otra vuelta á la ciudad el segundo día, y volviéronse al real: de esta manera hicieron por seis días.
15 Then, on the seventh day, rising at first light, they circled the city, just as had been ordered, seven times.
15 Y al séptimo día levantáronse cuando subía el alba, y dieron vuelta á la ciudad de la misma manera siete veces: solamente este día dieron vuelta alrededor de ella siete veces.
16 And at the seventh circling, when the priests sounded the trumpets, Joshua said to all of Israel: “Shout! For the Lord has delivered the city to you.
16 Y como los sacerdotes hubieron tocado las bocinas la séptima vez, Josué dijo al pueblo: Dad grita, porque Jehová os ha entregado la ciudad.
17 And let this city be anathema, with all the things that are within it, before the Lord. May only Rahab the harlot live, with all who are with her in the house. For she hid the messengers whom we sent.
17 Mas la ciudad será anatema á Jehová, ella con todas las cosas que están en ella: solamente Rahab la ramera vivirá, con todos los que estuvieren en casa con ella, por cuanto escondió los mensajeros que enviamos.
18 But you must be careful that you do not touch any of those things, as you have been instructed, for then you would be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel would be under sin and would be troubled.
18 Empero guardaos vosotros del anatema, que ni toquéis, ni toméis alguna cosa del anatema, porque no hagáis anatema el campo de Israel, y lo turbéis.
19 But whatever gold and silver there will be, and vessels of brass or of iron, let these be consecrated to the Lord and be stored in his treasuries.”
19 Mas toda la plata, y el oro, y vasos de metal y de hierro, sea consagrado á Jehová, [y] venga al tesoro de Jehová.
20 Therefore, with all the people shouting, and the trumpets blaring, after the voice and the sound increased in the ears of the multitude, the walls promptly fell to ruin. And each one climbed up at the place which was opposite where he was. And they seized the city.
20 Entonces el pueblo dió grita, y [los sacerdotes] tocaron las bocinas: y aconteció que como el pueblo hubo oído el sonido de la bocina, dió el pueblo grita con gran vocerío, y el muro cayó á plomo. El pueblo subió luego á la ciudad, cada uno en derecho de sí, y tomáronla.
21 And they put to death all who were in it, from man even to woman, from infant even to elder. Likewise, the oxen and sheep and donkeys, they struck down with the edge of the sword.
21 Y destruyeron todo lo que en la ciudad había; hombres y mujeres, mozos y viejos, hasta los bueyes, y ovejas, y asnos, á filo de espada.
22 But Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to explore, “Enter the house of the harlot woman, and bring her out, and all the things that are hers, just as you assured her by oath.”
22 Mas Josué dijo á los dos hombres que habían reconocido la tierra: Entrad en casa de la mujer ramera, y haced salir de allá á la mujer, y á todo lo que fuere suyo, como lo jurasteis.
23 And the youths entered, and they led out Rahab, and her parents, also her brothers, and all her goods and kindred, and they caused them to dwell outside the camp.
23 Y los mancebos espías entraron, y sacaron á Rahab, y á su padre, y á su madre, y á sus hermanos, y todo lo que era suyo; y también sacaron á toda su parentela, y pusiéronlos fuera del campo de Israel.
24 Then they set fire to the city and all the things that were within it, except the gold and silver, and the vessels of brass or of iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord.
24 Y consumieron con fuego la ciudad, y todo lo que en ella había: solamente pusieron en el tesoro de la casa de Jehová la plata, y el oro, y los vasos de metal y de hierro.
25 Yet truly, Joshua caused Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all she had, to survive. And they lived in the midst of Israel, even to the present day. For she hid the messengers, whom he had sent to explore Jericho. At that time, Joshua made an invocation, saying:
25 Mas Josué salvó la vida á Rahab la ramera, y á la casa de su padre, y á todo lo que ella tenía: y habitó ella entre los Israelitas hasta hoy; por cuanto escondió los mensajeros que Josué envió á reconocer á Jericó.
26 “Cursed before the Lord is the man who will raise up and rebuild the city of Jericho! With his firstborn, may he lay its foundation, and with the last of his children, may he set up its gates.”
26 Y en aquel tiempo Josué les juramentó diciendo: Maldito delante de Jehová el hombre que se levantare y reedificare esta ciudad de Jericó. En su primogénito eche sus cimientos, y en su menor asiente sus puertas.
27 And so the Lord was with Joshua, and his name was made known throughout all the land.
27 Fué pues Jehová con Josué, y su nombre se divulgó por toda la tierra.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Rahab
The woman of Jericho who hid the spies and became mother of Boaz.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 2, 6; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31
Places
Jericho
Jericho guarded the eastern entrance to Canaan. The Old Testament city (Tell es-Sultan) fell to Joshua; Herodian Jericho nearby is where Jesus healed Bartimaeus and called Zacchaeus.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 6:20; Luke 19:1-10; Luke 10:30
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 2:24; Joshua 2:9–14; Psalm 127:1; Joshua 2:7
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:24; Joshua 8:1; Joshua 2:24; Joshua 2:9; Nehemiah 9:24
- 3 2 Corinthians 4:7; Numbers 14:9; 1 Corinthians 1:21–25; Joshua 6:7; Joshua 6:14
- 4 2 Chronicles 20:17; Revelation 16:1; Judges 7:15–22; Revelation 8:2; 1 Kings 18:43
- 5 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Hebrews 11:30; Exodus 19:19; Joshua 6:16; 2 Chronicles 13:14–15
- 6 Deuteronomy 20:2–4; Acts 9:1; Joshua 3:3; Exodus 25:14; Joshua 3:6
- 7 Joshua 4:13; Joshua 6:3; Joshua 1:14
- 8 Numbers 32:20; Joshua 6:3–4
- 9 Joshua 6:13; Numbers 10:25; Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 52:11–12
- 10 Isaiah 42:2; Luke 24:49; Matthew 12:19; 2 Samuel 5:23–24; Isaiah 28:16
- 12 Joshua 3:1; Hebrews 11:7–8; Deuteronomy 31:25; Joshua 6:6–8; John 6:10–11
- 13 Galatians 6:9; Matthew 24:13; 1 Chronicles 15:26
- 14 Joshua 6:11; Joshua 6:3; Joshua 6:15
- 15 Psalm 119:147; 2 Peter 1:19; Matthew 28:1
- 16 2 Chronicles 13:15; Joshua 6:5; Judges 7:20–22; 2 Chronicles 20:22–23
- 17 Deuteronomy 20:17; James 2:25; Micah 4:13; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Galatians 3:12
- 18 1 John 5:21; Ephesians 5:11; Joshua 7:11–12; Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:25
- 19 1 Chronicles 26:20; Matthew 27:6; Mark 12:41; 2 Kings 24:13; 1 Chronicles 18:11
- 20 Hebrews 11:30; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Joshua 6:5
- 21 Psalm 137:8–9; Jeremiah 48:18; 1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 10:39; Joshua 9:24–25
- 22 Hebrews 11:31; Ezekiel 17:18–19; Joshua 6:17; Psalm 15:4; Ezekiel 17:16
- 23 Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 12:2; 1 Corinthians 5:12; Acts 27:24; Ephesians 2:12
- 24 Joshua 8:28; Revelation 17:16; 2 Kings 25:9; Revelation 18:8; Deuteronomy 13:16
- 25 Hebrews 11:31; Judges 1:24–25; Matthew 1:5; Joshua 2:6; James 2:25
- 26 1 Kings 16:34; Acts 19:13; Numbers 5:19–21; Matthew 26:63; 1 Samuel 14:24–46
- 27 Joshua 1:5; Joshua 9:3; Matthew 18:20; Matthew 28:20; Joshua 9:1
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The Ark is going around the walls of Jericho: there shall come a time at the seventh going round of the Ark, when all the walls of the city unbelieving and contradicting shall fall. Until it come to pass, this man is being troubled in his exercise; and enduring the remains of men contradicting, he would choose wings for flying …
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