And it came to pass on the seventh day
Which Jarchi says was the Sabbath day, and which is a common notion of the Jews F3; but whether it was or not, it is certain that one of these seven days must be a sabbath, in which the several things ordered were done, and the procession made. Kimchi observes, that their Rabbins say this was the sabbath day; and he adds, what is pretty remarkable,
``though they slew and burnt on the sabbath day, he that commanded the sabbath commanded to profane the sabbath in the subduing of Jericho;''with which compare what our Lord says, ( Matthew 12:3-8 ) ;
that they rose early, about the dawning of the day;
having seven times the work to do they did on the other six days:
and compassed the city after the same manner seven times;
after the same manner as they had done the six preceding days:
only on that day they compassed the city seven times;
whereas on the other days they only went round it once, which distinguished this day from the rest.