Joshua 6:11

11 So Joshua had the Ark of the Lord carried around the city one time. Then they went back to camp for the night.

Joshua 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:11

So the ark of the Lord compassed the city
Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi,

``he, i.e. Joshua, caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city;''

that is, he gave orders to the priests to take it up, and go round with it on the first day:

going about [it] once;
on that day, and no more; keeping at such a distance, as to be out of the reach of stones or arrows cast from the walls of the city:

and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp;
the night following; not only the priests that bare the ark, but those that blew with the trumpets, and all the armed men, and the people.

Joshua 6:11 In-Context

9 Soldiers with weapons marched in front of the priests, and armed men walked behind the Ark. The priests were blowing their trumpets.

10 But Joshua had told the people not to give a war cry. He said, "Don't shout. Don't say a word until the day I tell you. Then shout."

11 So Joshua had the Ark of the Lord carried around the city one time. Then they went back to camp for the night.

12 Early the next morning Joshua got up, and the priests carried the Ark of the Lord again.

13 The seven priests carried the seven trumpets and marched in front of the Ark of the Lord, blowing their trumpets. Soldiers with weapons marched in front of them, and other soldiers walked behind the Ark of the Lord. All this time the priests were blowing their trumpets.