Joshua 6:13

13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded 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 And the ark of the covenant of God having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there.

12 And on the second day Joshua rose up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

14 And all the rest of the multitude compassed the city six times from within a short distance, and went back again into the camp; this they did six days.

15 And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.