Joshua 6:13

13 Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them. But the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while the priests continued blowing 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 So he had the ark of the Lord circle the city, going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

13 Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them. But the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets.

14 And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. So they did six days.

15 But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times.