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Joshua 6:13 KJV
Joshua · chapter 6 · verse 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.Joshua 6:13 · King James Version
Joshua 6:13 in context
11So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
13And 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.
14And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
15And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- continuallyhâlakto walkH1980 →
- trumpetsshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- bearingnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
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We have here an account of the cavalcade which Israel made about Jericho, the orders Joshua gave concerning it, as he had received them from the Lord and their punctual observance of these orders.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16