Joshua 6:16

16 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "1Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.

Joshua 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:16

And it came to pass at the seventh time
Of their going round the city on the seventh day: and at the seventh time,

when the priests blew with the trumpets;
as they did every time they compassed the city:

Joshua said unto the people, shout;
both those that were armed, and those that were not; they were to make one grand and general shout at once, as when victory is obtained, or is sure, and so it follows:

for the Lord hath given you the city;
intimating that it would be presently delivered into their hands, and in such manner, that it would plainly show it was of the Lord, and no other.

Joshua 6:16 In-Context

14 Thus the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did so for six days.
15 Then on the seventh day they rose early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times.
16 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.
17 "The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD ; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
18 "But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 13:14
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