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What does Joshua 6:9 mean?
"The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went."
— Joshua 6:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh’s ark.”
They said to the people, “Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh’s ark.”
It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of Yahweh’s covenant followed them.
The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.
Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark.
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