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Joshua 6:7

in Joshua 6

And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.

KJV

And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.

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This verse in Joshua 6

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And he said unto the people, pass on, and compass the city,.... The women and children, the young men under twenty years of age, the unarmed part of the camp, as distinguished from the armed men: and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord; to guard the ark, protect the priests, and defend the people, should any sally be made by the enemy upon them.

This site's exposition

Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests

on Joshua 6:6-7

The ark had gone before the people into the Jordan at 3:6 and 3:11. Numbers 10:35 gives the call said whenever it set out, for the LORD to rise and scatter His enemies. The armed men walk ahead and the rest behind, so the fighting men escort a chest.

This site's exposition

with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD

The Hebrew text reads they said. Barnes takes it that Joshua gave the order through the officers of the people, as at 1:10. Gill reads the people told to march as the unarmed part, and has the armed men go ahead to guard the ark against a sally.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Him that is armed - God would have them armed both for the defense of themselves and the ark, in case the enemies should make a sally upon them, and for the execution of the Lord's vengeance upon that city.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

He said - The reading in the Hebrew text is “they said.” Joshua no doubt issued his orders through the “officers of the people” (compare Jos 1:10). Him that is armed - i. e. the warriors generally, not a division only. “The rereward” Jos 6:9 was merely a detachment, and not a substantial portiere of the host; and was told off, perhaps, from the tribe of Dan (compare the marginal reference) to close the procession and guard the ark from behind.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָעָ֔םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • עִבְר֖וּpass on

    ʾivruH5674 →556 times

  • וְסֹ֣בּוּand go round

    vesobuH5437 →161 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֑ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְהֶ֣חָל֔וּץand the armed [man]

    vehechalutzH2502 →44 times

  • יַעֲבֹ֕רhe will pass on

    yaavorH5674 →556 times

  • לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • אֲר֥וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Joshua 6:3

    March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 4:7

      Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

    • Numbers 14:9

      Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD…

  • Through

    Joshua 4:13

    About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 6:11

      Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

    • Jeremiah 52:8

      but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

    • Jeremiah 39:5

      But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…

    • 2 Kings 25:5

      but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

  • Through

    Joshua 1:14

    Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 13:18

      So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

    • Deuteronomy 20:8

      Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

Where this verse is studied

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
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 6 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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