Joshua 6:16
And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.
Cross References
Joshua 6:5And it shall be that when ye shall sound with the trumpet, + 6:5 Gr. let all the people, etc.all the people shall shout together. And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall + 6:5 Or, of their own accord.of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.
Judges 7:22And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.
2 Chronicles 20:22And when they began the praise and thanksgiving, the Lord caused the children of Ammon to fight against Moab, and the inhabitants of mount Seir that came out against Juda; and they were routed.
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 →