Joshua 6:6

6 So Joshua called together the priests and said, “Take up the Ark of the LORD ’s Covenant, and assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram’s horn.”

Joshua 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:6

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests
Not the Levites and Kohathites, whose business it was in common to bear the ark, but upon this occasion the priests; not all of them, but as many as were sufficient for the purpose:

and said unto them, take up the ark of the covenant;
by putting the staves into the rings of it, and so carry it, ( Exodus 25:14 ) ; see ( Numbers 7:9 ) ;

and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
of the Lord: (See Gill on Joshua 6:4).

Joshua 6:6 In-Context

4 Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.

5 When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”

6 So Joshua called together the priests and said, “Take up the Ark of the LORD ’s Covenant, and assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram’s horn.”

7 Then he gave orders to the people: “March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in front of the Ark of the LORD .”

8 After Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests with the rams’ horns started marching in the presence of the LORD, blowing the horns as they marched. And the Ark of the LORD ’s Covenant followed behind them.