6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, 4 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.
1 sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.
2 tn Heb “set out from your place.”
3 tn Or “march.”
4 tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”
7 tn Heb “ten leaders with him, one leader, one leader for a paternal house, for all the tribes of Israel, and each a head of the house of their father, they belong to the clans of Israel.”