Joshua 6:8 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 6:8

After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

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ASV

And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

KJV

And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כֶּאֱמֹ֣ר	ke.'e.Mor	when had said	H559 →
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮	ye.ho.shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָעָם֒	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה	ve.shiv.'Ah	and seven	H7651 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
נֹשְׂאִים֩	no.se.'Im	[who] were carrying	H5375 →
שִׁבְעָ֨ה	shiv.'Ah	seven	H7651 →
שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת	shof.Rot	[the] trumpets of	H7782 →
הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙	hai.yov.Lim	<the> rams' horns	H3104 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עָבְר֕וּ	'a.ve.Ru	they passed on	H5674 →
וְתָקְע֖וּ	ve.ta.ke.'U	and they gave a blast	H8628 →
בַּשּֽׁוֹפָר֑וֹת	ba.sho.fa.Rot	on the trumpets	H7782 →
וַֽאֲרוֹן֙	va.'a.rOn	and [the] ark of	H727 →
בְּרִ֣ית	be.Rit	[the] covenant of	H1285 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הֹלֵ֖ךְ	ho.Lekh	[was] going	H1980 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.cha.rei.Hem	after them	H310 →

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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
Numbers 32:20
Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
leads to
- Joshua 4:12–13
  The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
- Deuteronomy 3:18–20
  At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the…
- Joshua 1:13–15
  “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’
- Joshua 22:2–4
  and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.