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Joshua 6:4

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.

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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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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשִׁבְעָ֣הve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651 →
כֹהֲנִ֡יםkho.ha.NimpriestsH3548 →
יִשְׂאוּ֩yis.'Uthey will carryH5375 →
שִׁבְעָ֨הshiv.'AhsevenH7651 →
שׁוֹפְר֤וֹתshof.Rot<the> trumpets ofH7782 →
הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙hai.yov.Lim<the> rams' hornsH3104 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָאָר֔וֹןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727 →
וּבַיּוֹם֙u.vai.yOmand on the dayH3117 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637 →
תָּסֹ֥בּוּta.So.buyou will go roundH5437 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
שֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'sevenH7651 →
פְּעָמִ֑יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471 →
וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםve.ha.Ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548 →
יִתְקְע֖וּyit.ke.'Uthey will give a blastH8628 →
בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ba.sho.fa.Roton the trumpetsH7782 →

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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.”2 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.’”Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.1 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.”Leviticus 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.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.Judges 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.”Revelation 8:6And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.Numbers 23:1Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”2 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.”Revelation 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,Revelation 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.2 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.”Revelation 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.Revelation 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.Revelation 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.Leviticus 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.Judges 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.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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