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Joshua 6:4

in Joshua 6

Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

KJV

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

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This verse in Joshua 6

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Seven trumpets of rams’ horns - The Hebrew word יובלים yobelim does not signify rams’ horns; (see the note on Lev 25:11); nor do any of the ancient versions, the Chaldee excepted, give it this meaning. The instruments used on this occasion were evidently of the same kind with those used on the jubilee, and were probably made of horn or of silver; and the text in this place may be translated, And seven priests shall bear before the ark the seven jubilee trumpets, for they appear to have been the same kind as those used on the jubilee.

This site's exposition

all ye men of war

on Joshua 6:3-5

Seven governs the whole instruction: seven priests, seven trumpets, six days and then seven circuits on the seventh. The horns are rams' horns, the yobel horn that Leviticus 25:9 sounds to open the jubilee, the year land returns to the family that held it, and Keil and Delitzsch make that the reason for the instrument chosen. No ramp, no siege engine and no assault order is given, and the only weapon named in the plan is a shout.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֣הand seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • כֹהֲנִ֡יםpriests

    khohanimH3548 →750 times

  • יִשְׂאוּ֩they will carry

    yisuH5375 →656 times

  • שִׁבְעָ֨הseven

    shivahH7651 →394 times

  • שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת<the> trumpets of

    shofrotH7782 →72 times

  • הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙<the> rams' horns

    haiyovlimH3104 →27 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָאָר֔וֹןthe ark

    haaronH727 →202 times

  • וּבַיּוֹם֙and on the day

    uvaiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י<the> seventh

    hasheviiH7637 →98 times

  • תָּסֹ֥בּוּyou will go round

    tasobuH5437 →161 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֖ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • שֶׁ֣בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • פְּעָמִ֑יםtimes

    peamimH6471 →118 times

  • וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםand the priests

    vehakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • יִתְקְע֖וּthey will give a blast

    yitkeuH8628 →69 times

  • בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃on the trumpets

    bashofarotH7782 →72 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”7 works2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”7 worksRevelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.5 works1 Kings 18:43“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”5 works2 Kings 5:10Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”5 worksLeviticus 14:16dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Revelation 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.4 worksJudges 7:15–22When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”4 worksRevelation 8:6And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.4 worksNumbers 23:1Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”4 works2 Chronicles 20:21Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”4 worksRevelation 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,4 worksRevelation 10:3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.4 worksRevelation 5:6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.4 worksRevelation 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.4 worksRevelation 15:1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.4 worksLeviticus 25:8–9And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.4 worksJudges 7:22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.4 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 20:17

    You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 14:13–14

      But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…

    • 2 Chronicles 15:2

      So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

    • Isaiah 41:10

      Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…

    • Psalms 46:10–11

      “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  • Through

    Revelation 16:1

    Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”

    it leads to

    • Zephaniah 3:8

      Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger.…

    • Jeremiah 10:25

      Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished…

    • Revelation 15:1

      Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.

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About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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