Joshua 6:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 6:16

14 And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. So they did six days.

15 But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times.

16 And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!

17 Now the city shall be ^adoomed by the Lord to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only ^bRahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because ^cshe hid the messengers that we sent.

18 And you, ^aby all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, ^band trouble it.

19 But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are¹ consecrated to the Lord; they² shall come into the treasury of the Lord.”

20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that ^athe wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 6:16

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city.

Amplified® Bible
And the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

Contemporary English Version
Then the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua yelled: Get ready to shout! The LORD will let you capture this town.

Darby English Version
And it came to pass the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Jehovah has given you the city.

Good News Bible
The seventh time around, when the priests were about to sound the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people to shout, and he said, "The LORD has given you the city!

King James Version
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

New American Standard Bible
At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.

New International Version
The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

New King James Version
And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.

Revised Standard Version
And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout; for the LORD has given you the city.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the trumpets, and Joshua saith unto the people, `Shout ye, for Jehovah hath given to you the city;

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