Joshua 6:13

And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of LORD went on continually, and blew the trumpets. And the armed men went before them, and the rearward came behind the ark of LORD, [the priests] blow

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of LORD.

14And the second day they encompassed the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of LORD, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:7-17

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… Read the whole commentary →

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