Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them
Joshua 6:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) And he ordered the army, ‘Advance! March round the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to the people, Go on! March around the enclosure, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah. Common English Bible He said to the people, “Go forward. Circle the city. Let the armed soldiers go in front of the LORD’s chest.” Catholic Public Domain Version He also said to the people, "Go, and circle the city, armed, preceding the ark of the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord. |
Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them
About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
March round the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.
So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, ‘Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and make seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.’
When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forwards, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them.