But he said unto the people, [a]Go and compass the city: and let him that is armed go forth before the Ark of the Lord.

¶ And when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bare the seven trumpets of rams’ horns, and went forth before the Ark of the Lord, and blew with the trumpets, and the ark of the Covenant of the Lord followed them.

¶ And the men of arms went before the priests and blew the trumpets: then the [b]gathering host came after the Ark, and they went and blew the trumpets.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:7 This is chiefly meant by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
  2. Joshua 6:9 Meaning, the rearward, wherein was the standard of the tribe of Dan, Num. 10:25.

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