Joshua 6:3
“And ye shall compasse the city, all yee men of warre, and goe round about the city once: thus shalt thou doe sixe dayes.”
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Joshua 6:3 Context
1Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in. 2And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, See, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho, and the King thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3And ye shall compasse the city, all yee men of warre, and goe round about the city once: thus shalt thou doe sixe dayes. 4And seuen Priests shall beare before the Arke seuen trumpets of rams hornes: and the seuenth day yee shall compasse the city seuen times, and the Priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.
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Other Translations for Joshua 6:3
And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- King James Version
"You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.
- Basic English Bible
And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- Darby Bible
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round the city once: thus shalt thou do six days.
- Webster's Bible
All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
- World English Bible
and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 6:3
6:3 Round about the city once - At a convenient distance, out of the reach of their arrows. Six days - Every day once. This and the following course might seem ridiculous and absurd, and is therefore prescribed by God, that they might learn to take new measures of things, and to expect success not from their own valour, or skill, but merely from God's appointment and blessing; and in general, not to judge of any of God's institutions by mere carnal reason, to which divers of their ceremonies would seem no less foolish than this action.