KJV King James Version
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
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Joshua 6:4
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
WEB World English Bible
Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
ASV American Standard Version
And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets,
Surrounding context — Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour.
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.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram’s horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.
7 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשִׁבְעָ֣הH7651 · she.vasevenכֹהֲנִ֡יםH3548 · ko.henpriestיִשְׂאוּ֩H5375 · na.sato lift: raiseשִׁבְעָ֨הH7651 · she.vasevenשׁוֹפְר֤וֹתH7782 · sho.phartrumpetהַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙H3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָאָר֔וֹןH727 · a.ronarkוּבַיּוֹם֙H3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhתָּסֹ֥בּוּH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעִ֖ירH5892 · irexcitementשֶׁ֣בַעH7651 · she.vasevenפְּעָמִ֑יםH6471 · pa.ambeatוְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםH3548 · ko.henpriestיִתְקְע֖וּH8628 · ta.qato blowבַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃H7782 · sho.phartrumpet
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 20:17Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.Revelation 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.1 Kings 18:43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.2 Kings 5:10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.Revelation 15:1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.2 Chronicles 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Numbers 23:1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.Judges 7:15-22And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.Revelation 8:6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.Leviticus 25:8-9And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.Revelation 10:3And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.Revelation 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.Leviticus 14:16And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that [is] in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;Zechariah 4:6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
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