Josué 6:9

9 E os homens armados iam adiante dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e a retaguarda seguia após a arca, os sacerdotes sempre tocando as trombetas.

Josué 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:9

And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the
trumpets
Whom Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, interpret of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; that is, as many of them as Joshua took with him over Jordan; though rather all the armed men in the camp are meant; at least along with those mentioned went the standards of Judah and Ephraim:

and the rereward came after the ark;
because the tribe of Dan was the rereward in journeying, ( Numbers 2:31 ) ; hence the Targum paraphrases the words,

``and the tribe of the house of Dan went after the ark;''

and so both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it: but rather the body of the people unarmed are designed; at least these were brought up by the standard of Dan; or otherwise no place in this procession is appointed for them, whose business it was to make the great shout on the seventh day with the rest:

[the priests] going on and blowing with the trumpets;
the word "priests" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied; for, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, this is not said of the rereward, but of the priests, for they only bore and blew the trumpets; and so the Targum reads,

``the priests going on''

Josué 6:9 In-Context

7 E disse ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade; e marchem os homens armados adiante da arca do Senhor.

8 Assim, pois, se fez como Josué dissera ao povo: os sete sacerdotes, levando as sete trombetas adiante do Senhor, passaram, e tocaram-nas; e a arca do pacto do Senhor os seguia.

9 E os homens armados iam adiante dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e a retaguarda seguia após a arca, os sacerdotes sempre tocando as trombetas.

10 Josué tinha dado ordem ao povo, dizendo: Não gritareis, nem fareis ouvir a vossa voz, nem sairá palavra alguma da vossa boca, até o dia em que eu vos disser: gritai! Então gritareis.

11 Assim fizeram a arca do Senhor rodear a cidade, contornando-a uma vez; então entraram no arraial, e ali passaram a noite.