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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 6:6 Catholic Bible: Joshua called the priests and told them, "Take the Covenant Box, and seven of you go in front of it, carrying trumpets." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/joshua/6-6.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/joshua/6-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div 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trumpets." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/joshua/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Joshua called the priests together and said, "Take the chest and tell seven priests to carry trumpets and march ahead of it." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Summoning the priests, Joshua, son of Nun, said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant with seven of the priests carrying ram’s horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/joshua/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord.</p><p class="hdg">Take up the ark.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/6-8.htm">Joshua 6:8,13</a> And when Joshua had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/3-3.htm">Joshua 3:3,6</a> And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/25-14.htm">Exodus 25:14</a> And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/20-2.htm">Deuteronomy 20:2-4</a> And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1</a> And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/joshua/6.htm">The Walls of Jericho</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl">Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord.</span><span class="reftext">7</span>And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/6-5.htm">Joshua 6:5</a></span><br />And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/6-7.htm">Joshua 6:7</a></span><br />And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/4-3.htm">1 Samuel 4:3</a></span><br />And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/4-9.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Blast-Trumpets</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/joshua/6-2.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/2-23.htm">Nun</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/9-6.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/joshua/6-7.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/joshua/6-12.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Blast-Trumpets</a> <a href="/joshua/8-2.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/joshua/8-1.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Nun</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and ark before called carry covenant front have horns in it Joshua let LORD Nun of priests rams said seven So son Take the them to trumpets up<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/joshua/6-6.htm">OT History: Joshua 6:6 Joshua the son of Nun called (Josh. 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