Joshua 6:3

3 And do thou set the men of war round about it.

Joshua 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:3

And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war
Joshua their chief commander under the Lord, and all that were able to make war, even all above twenty years of age; these were to compass the city, not in the form of a siege, but by a procession around it:

[and] go round about the city once;
or one time, for the first once in a day, and no more:

thus shall thou do six days;
one after another; that is, go round it, once every day, for such a time. This order was given, according to the Jews ^F23, the twenty second of Nisan, after the feast of unleavened bread was over.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31.

Joshua 6:3 In-Context

1 Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.

2 And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it, mighty men.

3 And do thou set the men of war round about it.

4 And it shall be when ye shall sound with the trumpet, all the people shall shout together.

5 And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.