Joshua 6:3

And do you set the men of war round about it.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

In Context

2And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into your power, and its king in it, + 6:2 Gr. mighty in strength. and its mighty men.

4And it shall be that when you⌃ shall sound with the trumpet, + 6:4 Gr. let all the people, etc. all the people shall shout together.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:7And let seven priests having seven + 6:7 Heb. שופרוה היוכליס A.V. 'ram's horns.' Only in this place. sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.

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 →

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