New American Standard Bible 2020
Joshua 6:12-20
12Now Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13Then 1the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went ahead of them, and 2the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while they continued to blow the trumpets. 14So the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did the same for six days.
15Then on the seventh day they got up early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same way seven times; only on that day did they march around the city seven times. 16And at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “3Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. 17But the city shall be 4designated for 5destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the Lord; only Rahab the prostitute 6and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. 18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and 7take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it. 198But all the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.” 20So the people shouted, and 9the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the 10wall fell down 11flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight 12ahead, and they took the city.
Notes
- 1. Joshua 6:13 Josh 6:4 ↩
- 2. Joshua 6:13 Josh 6:9 ↩
- 3. Joshua 6:16 2 Chr 13:14f ↩
- 4. Joshua 6:17 Lev 27:28; Deut 20:17 ↩
- 5. Joshua 6:17 I.e., as an offering to God ↩
- 6. Joshua 6:17 Lit she and all ↩
- 7. Joshua 6:18 Josh 7:1 ↩
- 8. Joshua 6:19 Num 31:11, 12, 21-23 ↩
- 9. Joshua 6:20 Lit they ↩
- 10. Joshua 6:20 Heb 11:30 ↩
- 11. Joshua 6:20 Lit in its place ↩
- 12. Joshua 6:20 Lit before himself ↩
Commentaries on Joshua 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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