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On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. <a href="/nlt/joshua/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. <a href="/esv/joshua/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/joshua/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/joshua/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/6.htm">New King James Version</a> And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/nasb/joshua/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams&#8217 horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/lsb/joshua/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/amp/joshua/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Also, seven priests shall carry seven trumpets [made] of rams’ horns ahead of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. <a href="/csb/joshua/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Have seven priests carry seven ram’s-horn trumpets in front of the ark. But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the ram’s horns. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Have seven priests carry seven ram&#8217s-horn trumpets in front of the ark. But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the trumpets. <a href="/asv/joshua/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/joshua/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Take along the sacred chest and tell seven priests to walk in front of it, carrying trumpets. But on the seventh day, march slowly around the town seven times while the priests blow their trumpets. <a href="/erv/joshua/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 with the trumpets. <a href="/gwt/joshua/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Seven priests will carry rams' horns ahead of the ark. But on the seventh day you must march around the city seven times while the priests blow their horns. <a href="/gnt/joshua/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets. <a href="/isv/joshua/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> with seven priests carrying in front of the ark seven trumpets made from rams' horns. On the seventh day march around the city seven times while the priests blow their trumpets. <a href="/msb/joshua/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/joshua/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. <a href="/nheb/joshua/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/joshua/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/joshua/6.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and seven priests carry seven horns of the rams before the Ark, and on the seventh day you go around the city seven times, and the priests blow with the horns, <a href="/ylt/joshua/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, <a href="/slt/joshua/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And seven priests shall lift up seven trumpets of alarms before the ark: and in the seventh day ye shall encompass the city seven times, and the priests shall clang the trumpets.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then, on the seventh day, the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used on the jubilee, and they shall precede the ark of the covenant. And you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets. <a href="/nabre/joshua/6.htm">New American Bible</a> with seven priests carrying ram’s horns ahead of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, and have the priests blow the horns. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> with seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And seven priests shall bear trumpets, and blow before the ark; and on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And seven Priests shall take horns and they shall blow reveille before the ark and on the seventh day go around the city seven times, and the Priests shall sound with the trumpets<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And seven priests shall bear seven rams' horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns. <a href="/sep/joshua/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> <a href="/parallel/joshua/6-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=1058" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/6.htm">The Walls of Jericho</a> …3March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days. 4<a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: wə·šiḇ·‘āh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">Have seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: ḵō·hă·nîm (N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">carry</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/7782.htm" title="7782: šō·wp̄·rō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- A horn (for blowing). Or shophar; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet or curved horn."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3104.htm" title="3104: hay·yō·wḇ·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument). ">rams’ horns</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in front</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: hā·’ā·rō·wn (Art:: N-cs) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">of the ark.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">Then on the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇay·yō·wm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: tā·sōb·bū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">march around</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: pə·‘ā·mîm (N-fp) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">times,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">while the priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/8628.htm" title="8628: yiṯ·qə·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to clatter, i.e. Slap, clang; by analogy, to drive; by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping).">blow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7782.htm" title="7782: baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A horn (for blowing). Or shophar; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet or curved horn.">the horns.</a> 5And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a> By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. <a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">1 Kings 6:4</a> He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. <a href="/revelation/8-2.htm">Revelation 8:2</a> And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets. <a href="/1_samuel/4-5.htm">1 Samuel 4:5</a> When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-12.htm">2 Chronicles 13:12</a> Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.” <a href="/numbers/10-8.htm">Numbers 10:8-10</a> The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come. / When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies. / And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.” <a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a> Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark. <a href="/2_samuel/6-15.htm">2 Samuel 6:15</a> while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a> in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. <a href="/psalms/47-5.htm">Psalm 47:5</a> God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a> Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13</a> all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a> And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.<a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Leviticus 25:11</a> A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.<a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a> Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.<a href="/numbers/10-1.htm">Numbers 10:1-10</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … seven times<a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Genesis 2:3</a> And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.<a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2,3</a> Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female… <a href="/leviticus/4-6.htm">Leviticus 4:6</a> And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/joshua/4-16.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Blast-Trumpets</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-26.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/numbers/29-1.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/joshua/4-16.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/joshua/6-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-24.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">March</a> <a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-10.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm">Times</a> <a href="/numbers/31-6.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Blast-Trumpets</a> <a href="/joshua/6-9.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/joshua/6-9.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/joshua/6-5.htm">City</a> <a href="/joshua/6-7.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/joshua/6-7.htm">March</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/joshua/6-7.htm">Round</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/joshua/6-15.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/joshua/6-15.htm">Times</a> <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 6</div>1. <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Jericho is shut up</a> 2. <a href="/joshua/6-2.htm">God instructs Joshua how to beseige it</a> 12. <a href="/joshua/6-12.htm">The city is composed</a> 17. <a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">It is accursed</a> 20. <a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">The walls fall down</a> 22. <a href="/joshua/6-22.htm">Rahab is saved</a> 26. <a href="/joshua/6-26.htm">The builder of Jericho is cursed</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. The number seven is significant in biblical literature, often symbolizing completeness or divine perfection. The use of seven priests and seven rams' horns underscores the divine orchestration of the events at Jericho. Priests, as mediators between God and the people, carrying the rams' horns, which are shofars used in religious ceremonies, signifies the sacred nature of this military campaign. The ark represents God's presence among His people, emphasizing that the battle is spiritual and led by God Himself. This mirrors the role of the ark in other biblical narratives, such as its leading position in crossing the Jordan River (<a href="/joshua/3-3.htm">Joshua 3:3-4</a>).Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, The seventh day is reminiscent of the Sabbath, a day of rest and worship, yet here it is a day of action, indicating a divine intervention that transcends normal human activity. Marching around the city seven times on this day highlights the culmination of God's plan for Jericho. This act of faith and obedience by the Israelites is a test of their trust in God's unconventional methods. The repetitive marching can be seen as a form of spiritual warfare, where persistence in faith leads to victory. This is echoed in the New Testament, where perseverance in faith is encouraged (<a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a>).while the priests blow the horns. The blowing of the rams' horns, or shofars, is a call to worship and a signal of God's presence and power. In ancient Israel, the shofar was used to announce significant events, such as the Year of Jubilee (<a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a>) and to rally troops for battle (<a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Judges 3:27</a>). Here, it serves as a divine proclamation of impending victory and the fall of Jericho's walls. The sound of the shofar is also associated with the voice of God, as seen at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a>), symbolizing divine authority and intervention. This act foreshadows the ultimate victory of Christ, who will return with the sound of a trumpet (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The leader of the Israelites, who succeeded Moses and led the people into the Promised Land. He is a central figure in the conquest of Jericho. 2. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> Religious leaders among the Israelites, tasked with carrying the rams' horns and leading the procession around Jericho. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rams'_horns.htm">Rams' Horns (Shofars)</a> Instruments used in religious ceremonies and battles, symbolizing God's presence and power. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_ark_of_the_covenant.htm">The Ark of the Covenant</a> A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with Israel and His presence among His people. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jericho.htm">Jericho</a> A fortified city in Canaan, the first major conquest for the Israelites in the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a> The Israelites' victory at Jericho was contingent upon their strict adherence to God's specific instructions. This teaches us the importance of following God's guidance in our lives, even when it seems unconventional. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_faith.htm">The Power of Faith</a> The Israelites' faith in God's promise led to the miraculous fall of Jericho's walls. Our faith can also lead to overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_number_seven.htm">Symbolism of the Number Seven</a> The repeated use of the number seven (seven priests, seven horns, seven days) signifies completeness and divine perfection, reminding us of God's perfect plan and timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_worship_in_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Role of Worship in Spiritual Warfare</a> The blowing of the rams' horns and the presence of the Ark highlight the role of worship and God's presence in achieving victory over spiritual battles. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The entire community of Israel participated in the march around Jericho, emphasizing the importance of unity and collective faith in achieving God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 6</a> <a href="/q/which_instruments_are_in_the_old_testament.htm">What musical instruments are mentioned in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_joshua_lead_the_israelites.htm">How did Joshua lead the Israelites into the Promised Land?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jericho's_walls_collapse.htm">What caused the collapse of Jericho's walls?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_2_trumpets_coordinate_a_multitude.htm">Numbers 10:1–2: How could two silver trumpets effectively coordinate such a large multitude across vast desert distances? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Seven trumpets of rams' horns.--Literally, trumpets of jubilee--i.e., of loud or joyful sound.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - And seven priests shall bear before the ark. The Vulgate puts "on the seventh day" in connection with this part of the sentence; Luther also translates thus. The LXX., which Calvin and our translators and the majority of commentators follow, regard this part of the sentence as stating what was to be done on the six days, and rightly so, as vers. 8-14 clearly show. That the historian, as has been before remarked, did not always give the full instructions Joshua received is evident from this passage. The priests are not said to have been instructed to sound the trumpet on the six days; yet we learn from Joshua 5:13 that they did so. It is rather implied than expressed that the ark was also to be borne in procession; but that this was (lone is evident from ver. 8. Seven trumpets of rams' horns. There is no mention of rams' horns in the original, which is שׁופְרות trumpets of jubilee, i.e., of triumph (hardly as Gesenius, "alarm trumpets," though not necessarily, with Dr. Vaughan in his 'Heroes of Faith,' "the emblems of festival, not of warfare"). The word הַיּובְלִים is derived from the same root as the Latin is in the phrase Io Triumphe (cf. Greek ἰώ), and according to Gesenius our word "yule" is also derived from this root. The שׁופַר as the next verse shows, was a curved instrument, in shape like a ram's horn, though not necessarily of that material; whereas the חַלֺצצְרָה was a straight trumpet. Seven times. The importance of the number seven as indicative of completeness is here strongly indicated. Seven priests were to carry seven trumpets for seven days. The word for to swear, נְִשבַּע literally to be sevened, means to have one's vow consecrated and confirmed by seven sacrifices or seven witnesses (see <a href="/genesis/21-28.htm">Genesis 21:28, 30</a>). The number seven, says Bahr in his 'Symbolik des Alten Testament,' 1, 187, 188, is the sign of the relation, union, communion between God and the world, as represented by the number three and four respectively, just as twelve is in another relation (see note on Joshua 21:3). Its meaning, according to Bahr, among the heathen is somewhat different. There it means the harmony of the universe, and is signified by the seven stars, to which, and neither more nor less, was the power of influencing man's destiny ascribed. And the priests shall blow with the trumpets. "Fac tibi tribas ductiles, si sacerdos es, immo, quia sacerdos es (gens enim regalis effectus es et sacerdotium sanctum, de te enim scripture est), fac tibi tribas ductiles ex Scripturis sanctis" (Orig., Hom. 7 on Joshua). <a href="/commentaries/joshua/6-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Have seven וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (wə·šiḇ·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number priests כֹהֲנִ֡ים (ḵō·hă·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest carry יִשְׂאוּ֩ (yiś·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take seven שִׁבְעָ֨ה (šiḇ·‘āh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number trumpets שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת (šō·wp̄·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7782.htm">Strong's 7782: </a> A cornet, curved horn of rams' horns הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ (hay·yō·wḇ·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3104.htm">Strong's 3104: </a> A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) in front לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of the ark. הָאָר֔וֹן (hā·’ā·rō·wn) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> A chest, ark Then on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) day, וּבַיּוֹם֙ (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day march around תָּסֹ֥בּוּ (tā·sōb·bū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> To turn about, go around, surround the city הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement seven שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number times, פְּעָמִ֑ים (pə·‘ā·mîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence while the priests וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest blow יִתְקְע֖וּ (yiṯ·qə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8628.htm">Strong's 8628: </a> To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman the trumpets. בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7782.htm">Strong's 7782: </a> A cornet, curved horn <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">OT History: Joshua 6:4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets (Josh. 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