Joshua 6:14

14 On this second day they again marched around the city one time and then returned to camp. They did this for six days.

Joshua 6:14 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:14

And the second day they compassed the city once
Went round it one time only; as on the first:

and returned into the camp:
which was at Gilgal, ( Joshua 5:10 ) ;

so they did six days:
four more after these two successively, and proceeded in the same order and manner as on those two days.

Joshua 6:14 In-Context

12 Joshua got up early the next morning, and for the second time the priests and soldiers marched around the city in the same order as the day before: first, the advance guard; next, the seven priests blowing the seven trumpets; then, the priests carrying the Lord's Covenant Box; and finally, the rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.

14 On this second day they again marched around the city one time and then returned to camp. They did this for six days.

15 On the seventh day they got up at daybreak and marched seven times around the city in the same way - this was the only day that they marched around it seven times.

16 The seventh time around, when the priests were about to sound the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people to shout, and he said, "The Lord has given you the city!