Josué 6:9

9 Los hombres armados marchaban al frente de los sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas, y tras el arca marchaba la retaguardia. Durante todo ese tiempo las trompetas no cesaron de sonar.

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 Y le dijo al pueblo: «¡Adelante! ¡Marchen alrededor de la ciudad! Pero los hombres armados deben marchar al frente del arca del SEÑOR».

8 Cuando Josué terminó de dar las instrucciones al pueblo, los siete sacerdotes marcharon al frente del arca del pacto del SEÑOR tocando sus trompetas; y el arca del pacto les seguía.

9 Los hombres armados marchaban al frente de los sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas, y tras el arca marchaba la retaguardia. Durante todo ese tiempo las trompetas no cesaron de sonar.

10 Al resto del pueblo, en cambio, Josué le ordenó marchar en silencio, sin decir palabra alguna ni gritar hasta el día en que les diera la orden de gritar a voz en cuello.

11 Josué hizo llevar el arca alrededor de Jericó una sola vez. Después, el pueblo regresó al campamento para pasar la noche.