Joshua 6:5 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 6:5

And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

BSB

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ASV

And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The wall of the city shall fall down flat - Several commentators, both Jews and Christians, have supposed that the ground under the foundation of the walls opened, and the wall sunk into the chasm, so that there remained nothing but plain ground for the Israelites to walk over. Of this the text says nothing: - ונפלה חומת העיר תחתיה venaphelah chomath hair tachteyha, literally translated, is, The wall of the city shall fall down Under Itself; which appears to mean no more than, The wall shall fall down From Its Very Foundations.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֞ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ׀	bim.Shokh	when blow	H4900 →
בְּקֶ֣רֶן	be.Ke.ren	on [the] horn of	H7161 →
הַיּוֹבֵ֗ל	hai.yo.Vel	<the> ram's horn	H3104 →
כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙	ke.sha.me.'a.khem	just as hear you	H8085 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
ק֣וֹל	Kol	[the] sound of	H6963 →
הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר	ha.sho.Far	the trumpet	H7782 →
יָרִ֥יעוּ	ya.Ri.'u	they will shout	H7321 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
תְּרוּעָ֣ה	te.ru.'Ah	a shout	H8643 →
גְדוֹלָ֑ה	ge.do.Lah	loud	H1419 →
וְנָ֨פְלָ֜ה	ve.Na.fe.Lah	and it will fall	H5307 →
חוֹמַ֤ת	cho.Mat	[the] wall of	H2346 →
הָעִיר֙	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָ	tach.Tei.ha	in place its	H8478 →
וְעָל֥וּ	ve.'a.Lu	and they will go up	H5927 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	everyone	H376 →
נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃	neg.Do	before himself	H5048 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 11:30
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
leads to
- Joshua 6:3–20
  March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Through
Exodus 19:19
And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
leads to
- Psalms 81:7
  You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
- Exodus 19:16
  On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…
Through
Joshua 6:16
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:15
  and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22–23
  The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
- Judges 7:20–22
  The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Through
1 Samuel 4:5
When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.
leads to
- Job 20:5
  the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?