Joshua 6:13

13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

Joshua 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:13

And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns
before the ark of the Lord (See Gill on Joshua 6:4);

went on continually;
or, "going they went" ^F2: kept on going, making no stop at all, until they had compassed the city:

and blew with the trumpets;
as they went along:

and the armed men went before them, but the rereward came after the ark
of the Lord;
which the Targum paraphrases as on ( Joshua 6:9 ) ;

[the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets;
(See Gill on Joshua 6:9).

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Kwlh Myklh) "euntes eundo", Montanus.

Joshua 6:13 In-Context

11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.