Joshua 6:11
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New International Version (©2011)
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So the Ark of the LORD was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So he caused the ark of the LORD to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So he had the ark of the LORD taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So the ark of the LORD was carried around the city, circling it once. They returned to the camp and spent the night there.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So the ark of the LORD was taken once around the city, then they went back to camp and spent the night there.

NET Bible (©2006)
So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the LORD around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So the LORD's ark went around the city once. Then they went back to the camp and stayed there for the night.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So the ark of the LORD circled the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

American King James Version
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

American Standard Version
So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the ark of the Lord went about the city once a day, and returning into the camp, abode there.

Darby Bible Translation
And the ark of Jehovah went round the city, encompassing it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

English Revised Version
So he caused the ark of the LORD to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

World English Bible
So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

Young's Literal Translation
And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city, going round once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:6-16 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 was a shout of prayer; they cry to Heaven for help, and help came.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the ark of the Lord compassed the city,.... Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi,"he, i.e. Joshua, caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city;''

that is, he gave orders to the priests to take it up, and go round with it on the first day:

going about it once; on that day, and no more; keeping at such a distance, as to be out of the reach of stones or arrows cast from the walls of the city:

and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp; the night following; not only the priests that bare the ark, but those that blew with the trumpets, and all the armed men, and the people.

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The Walls of Jericho
…10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout. 11So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. …

Joshua 6:3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.
Joshua 6:10 But Joshua had commanded the army, "Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!"
Joshua 6:12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.