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Joshua 6:3 KJV
Joshua · chapter 6 · verse 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.Joshua 6:3 · King James Version
Joshua 6:3 in context
1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4And 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.
5And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- aboutnâqaphto strike with more or less violenceH5362 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- oncepaʻama stroke, literally or figurativelyH6471 →
- onceʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- warmilchâmâha battleH4421 →
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We have here a contest between God and the men of Jericho, and their different resolutions, upon which it is easy to say whose word shall prevail. I. Jericho resolves Israel shall not be its master, Jos 6:1. It was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5