Joshua 6:12

Joshua 6:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

Context of Joshua 6:12

10But Joshua ordered the people saying: “You must not shout nor let your voice be heard nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you ‘shout!’ Then you will shout.” 11So he had the ark of Adonai go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp and spent the night there. The next day Joshua rose early in the morning. The kohanim took up the ark of Adonai, 13and the seven kohanim carrying the seven shofarot of rams’ horns marched in front of the ark of Adonai and blew the shofarot, with the armed force marching before them and the rear guard marching behind the ark of Adonai, while the shofarot continued to blow. 14So the second day they circled the city once and returned to the camp. So they did for six days.

Joshua 6:12 word by word

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• rose earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• and the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Joshua 6:12

• 1 Chronicles 15:26Because God helped the Levites who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
• Matthew 24:13But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
• Galatians 6:9So let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we don’t give up.

Commentaries on Joshua 6:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must encourage the followers of Christ in their spiritual warfare. As promised deliverances must be expected in God's way, so they must be expected in his time. At last the people were to shout: they did so, and the walls fell. This was a shout of faith; they believed the walls of Jericho would fall. It…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord--The second day's procession seems to have taken place in the morning. In all other respects, down even to the smallest details, the arrangements of the first day continued to be the rule followed on the other six.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 6:12

• Ark
• Rising
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Joshua
• Accursed
• Adjure
• Ark
• Compass
• Consecrate
• Dawn
• Jericho
• Shout
• Ark of the Covenant

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