Joshua 6:8 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.

Matthew Henry

  • The city is compassedWherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage...

Thompson Chains

  • WarriorsSee the chain from Numbers 32:17 · 11 links

Parallel Passages

  • Joshua 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Numbers 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
  • Joshua 6:3–4 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. …

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Topics

  • Ark Taken to battle
  • Armies Of Jericho
  • Canaan Conquest of, by the Israelites
  • Faith Conquest of Jericho
  • God Victories over the Canaanites under Joshua

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • JoshuaJehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Strong’s Numbers

  • And it came to pass, when Joshua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
  • had spoken אָמַר ʼâmar
  • unto the people עַם ʻam
  • that the seven שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
  • priests כֹּהֵן kôhên
  • bearing נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
  • the seven שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
  • trumpets שׁוֹפָר shôwphâr
  • of rams' horns יוֹבֵל yôwbêl
  • passed on עָבַר ʻâbar
  • before פָּנִים pânîym
  • the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • and blew תָּקַע tâqaʻ
  • with the trumpets שׁוֹפָר shôwphâr
  • and the ark אָרוֹן ʼârôwn
  • of the covenant בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
  • of the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • followed הָלַךְ hâlak
  • them אַחַר ʼachar

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