Joshua 6:11

So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

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WEBBE

So he caused the LORD’s ark to go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

BSB

So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.

KJV

So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

ASV

So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

BBE

So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

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וַיַּסֵּב vai·ya·sev and he caused to go around H5437 אֲרוֹן־ 'a·ron- [the] ark of H727 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעִיר ha·'ir the city H5892 הַקֵּף ha·kef it encircled [it] H5362 פַּעַם pa·'am a time H6471 אֶחָת 'e·chat one H259 וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they went H935 הַמַּחֲנֶה ha·ma·cha·neh the camp H4264 וַיָּלִינוּ vai·ya·li·nu and they stayed H3885 בַּמַּחֲנֶה פ ba·ma·cha·neh in the camp H4264

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–16

Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage the followers of Christ in their spiritual warfare. As promised deliverances must be expected in God's way, so they must be expected in his time. At last the people were to shout: they did so, and the walls fell. This was a shout of faith; they believed the walls of Jericho would fall. It was a shout of prayer; they cry to Heaven for help, and help came.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.