Joshua 6:14

So on that second day they again marched around the city once and then returned to their camp. They did the same thing for six days.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

In Context

13The seven priests who were carrying trumpets went in front of the men carrying the chest. The seven priests were blowing their trumpets as they marched. The group of soldiers carrying weapons went in front of all the others, and the rest of the army followed all the others. All the time, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets.

15On the seventh day, they got up at dawn, and they all marched around the city the same way that they had done before, but this time they marched around the city seven times.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:11So the men carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest and all the others did what Joshua told them to do. They marched around the city once. Then they all returned to their camp and stayed there that night.

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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