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Text -- Joshua 6:1-16 (NET)
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6:1 Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites . No one was allowed to leave or enter .
6:2 The Lord told Joshua , “See , I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors .
6:3 Have all the warriors march around the city one time ; do this for six days .
6:4 Have seven priests carry seven rams ’ horns in front of the ark . On the seventh day march around the city seven times , while the priests blow the horns .
6:5 When you hear the signal from the ram’s horn , have the whole army give a loud battle cry . Then the city wall will collapse and the warriors should charge straight ahead .”
6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them , “Pick up the ark of the covenant , and seven priests must carry seven rams ’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord .”
6:7 And he told the army , “Move ahead and march around the city , with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord .”
6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders , the seven priests carrying the seven rams ’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind .
6:9 Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns , while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns .
6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army , “Do not give a battle cry or raise your voices ; say nothing until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry .’ Then give the battle cry !”
6:11 So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time . Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there .
6:12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord .
6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams ’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns . Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns .
6:14 They marched around the city one time on the second day , then returned to the camp . They did this six days in all.
6:15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times .
6:16 The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army , “Give the battle cry , for the Lord is handing the city over to you!
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NET Notes: Jos 6:2 Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I hav...
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NET Notes: Jos 6:3 Heb “and go around the city, all [you] men of war, encircling the city one time.” The Hebrew verb וְסַב...
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NET Notes: Jos 6:12 Heb “Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests picked up the ark of the Lord.”
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NET Notes: Jos 6:15 Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.”
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