Joshua 6:3
and you have surrounded the city—all the men of battle—going around the city once; thus you do [for] six days;
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
2And YHWH says to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho and its king into your hand—mighty men of valor,
Cross References
Joshua 6:7and He said to the people, “Pass over, and go around the city, and he who is armed passes over before the Ark of YHWH.”
1 Corinthians 1:21For seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:2-6
The Siege of Jericho. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 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. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times,… Read the whole commentary →