Joshua 6:12
10 But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
13 And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
- KJV
- And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
- WEB
- Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the LORD’s ark.
- ASV
- And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Morgenen etter sto Josva tidlig opp, og prestene bar Herrens ark.
- OTB
- Josva sto tidlig opp ved daggry, og prestene tok opp Herrens ark.
- B1930
- Morgenen efter stod Josva tidlig op, og prestene bar Herrens ark.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 3:1
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
Read in contextHebrews 11:7–8
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:25
he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
Read in contextJoshua 6:6–8
So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
Read in contextJohn 6:10–11
“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
Read in contextGenesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
Read in contextJohn 9:6–7
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
Read in contextJohn 2:5–8
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
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