Joshua 6:3

3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.

Joshua 6:3 in Other Translations

3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.

3 You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days.

3 Here's what you are to do: March around the city, all your soldiers. Circle the city once. Repeat this for six days.

3 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

3 All the soldiers will march around the city once a day for six days.

3 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

3 "March around the city once with all of your fighting men. In fact, do it for six days.

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 the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.

4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.

5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”