Josué 6:9

9 Os soldados armados marchavam à frente dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e o restante dos soldados seguia a arca. Durante todo esse tempo tocavam-se as trombetas.

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 E ordenou ao povo: “Avancem! Marchem ao redor da cidade! Os soldados armados irão à frente da arca do SENHOR”.

8 Quando Josué terminou de falar ao povo, os sete sacerdotes que levavam suas trombetas perante o SENHOR saíram à frente, tocando as trombetas. E a arca da aliança do SENHOR ia atrás deles.

9 Os soldados armados marchavam à frente dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e o restante dos soldados seguia a arca. Durante todo esse tempo tocavam-se as trombetas.

10 Mas Josué tinha ordenado ao povo: “Não deem o brado de guerra, não levantem a voz, não digam palavra alguma, até o dia em que eu ordenar. Então vocês gritarão!”

11 Assim se fez a arca do SENHOR rodear a cidade, dando uma volta em torno dela. Então o povo voltou para o acampamento, onde passou a noite.