Joshua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ¹  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.

Joshua 6:13

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.

Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ²  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ³  and walk ⁴  behind it.

Joshua 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Exodus 25:14

25:14 and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

Deuteronomy 20:2-4

20:2 As you move forward for battle, the priest ⁵  will approach and say to the soldiers, ⁶  20:3 “Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them, 20:4 for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.” ⁷ 

Acts 9:1

The Conversion of Saul

9:1 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats ⁸  to murder ⁹  the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

¹ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

² sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

³ tn Heb “set out from your place.”

⁴ tn Or “march.”

⁵ sn The reference to the priest suggests also the presence of the ark of the covenant, the visible sign of God’s presence. The whole setting is clearly that of “holy war” or “Yahweh war,” in which God himself takes initiative as the true commander of the forces of Israel (cf. Exod 14:14-18; 15:3-10; Deut 3:22; 7:18-24; 31:6, 8).

⁶ tn Heb “and he will say to the people.” Cf. NIV, NCV, CEV “the army”; NRSV, NLT “the troops.”

⁷ tn Or “to save you” (so KJV, NASB, NCV); or “to deliver you.”

⁸ tn Or “Saul, making dire threats.”

⁹ tn The expression “breathing out threats and murder” is an idiomatic expression for “making threats to murder” (see L&N 33.293). Although the two terms “threats” and “murder” are syntactically coordinate, the second is semantically subordinate to the first. In other words, the content of the threats is to murder the disciples.