Joshua 6:3

All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

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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

2The LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

4Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:7They said to the people, “Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the LORD’s ark.”

1 Corinthians 1:21For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

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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