Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! New Living Translation The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the town! English 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. Berean Standard Bible After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! King James Bible 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 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! New American Standard Bible And at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. NASB 1995 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. NASB 1977 And it came about at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For Yahweh has 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. Christian Standard Bible After the seventh time, the priests blew the ram’s horns, and Joshua said to the troops, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. Holman Christian Standard Bible After the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. 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. Contemporary English Version Then the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua yelled: Get ready to shout! The LORD will let you capture this town. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation When they went around the seventh time, the priests blew their rams' horns. Joshua said to the troops, "Shout, because the LORD has given you the city! Good News Translation 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! International Standard Version As they completed the seventh time, after the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua told the army, "Shout, because the LORD has given you the city! NET Bible The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams' horns and Joshua told the army, "Give the battle cry, for the LORD is handing the city over to you! New Heart English Bible It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAfter the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! World English Bible At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city! Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand it comes to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the horns, and Joshua says to the people, “Shout! For YHWH has given the city to you; 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; Smith's Literal Translation And it will be in the seventh time the priests clanged with the trumpets and Joshua will say to the people, Shout; for Jehovah gave to you the city. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the trumpets, Josue said to all Israel: Shout: for the Lord hath delivered the city to you: Catholic Public Domain Version And at the seventh circling, when the priests sounded the trumpets, Joshua said to all of Israel: “Shout! For the Lord has delivered the city to you. New American Bible The seventh time around, the priests blew the horns and Joshua said to the people, “Now shout, for the LORD has given you the city. New 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAt the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has delivered the city to you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And that seventh time, the Priests sounded with the trumpets and Yeshua said to the people: “Shout, because LORD JEHOVAH has delivered the city to you! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that Joshua said unto the people: 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. Brenton Septuagint Translation And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Walls of Jericho…15Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times. 16 After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.… Cross References Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. 2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. Exodus 14:13-14 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. / The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” 1 Samuel 17:47 And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.” Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God. Psalm 44:3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. Isaiah 26:1-2 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. / Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence. Judges 7:7 Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.” Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts. 2 Kings 6:16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Psalm 118:15-16 Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! / The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has given you the city. shout Joshua 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. Judges 7:20-22 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon… 2 Chronicles 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. Jump to Previous Blast Blew Blown City Commanded Cry Horns Joshua Loud Priests Seventh Shout Sound Sounded Time Trumpet TrumpetsJump to Next Blast Blew Blown City Commanded Cry Horns Joshua Loud Priests Seventh Shout Sound Sounded Time Trumpet TrumpetsJoshua 6 1. Jericho is shut up2. God instructs Joshua how to beseige it 12. The city is composed 17. It is accursed 20. The walls fall down 22. Rahab is saved 26. The builder of Jericho is cursed After the seventh time around The Israelites circled Jericho once a day for six days, but on the seventh day, they circled it seven times. The number seven often symbolizes completion or perfection in the Bible, as seen in the creation week (Genesis 2:2-3). This act of circling the city seven times on the seventh day signifies the completion of God's plan for Jericho's fall. the priests blew the horns and Joshua commanded the people “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! Persons / Places / Events 1. JoshuaThe leader of the Israelites after Moses, tasked with leading the people into the Promised Land. He is a central figure in the conquest of Jericho. 2. The Priests Religious leaders who played a crucial role in the battle strategy by blowing the trumpets, symbolizing God's presence and power. 3. The Israelites The people of God, who were commanded to march around Jericho and shout as a demonstration of faith and obedience. 4. Jericho A fortified city in Canaan, representing the first major obstacle in the Israelites' conquest of the Promised Land. 5. The LORD The God of Israel, who orchestrates the victory over Jericho, demonstrating His power and faithfulness to His promises. Teaching Points Faith in ActionThe Israelites' obedience to God's unconventional battle plan demonstrates the importance of faith in action. Trusting God's instructions, even when they defy human logic, is crucial for spiritual victory. God's Sovereignty The fall of Jericho underscores God's sovereignty over all circumstances. Believers can find comfort in knowing that God is in control and His plans will prevail. Obedience Leads to Victory The Israelites' success was contingent upon their obedience to God's commands. This teaches us that spiritual victories often require us to follow God's guidance precisely. The Power of Worship The role of the priests and the trumpets highlights the power of worship in spiritual warfare. Worship can be a powerful tool in overcoming obstacles and claiming God's promises. Community in Faith The collective action of the Israelites shows the strength of community in faith. Working together in obedience to God can lead to miraculous outcomes. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 6What are key events in Joshua's life? What is the biblical account of Canaan's conquest? What is the biblical account of Canaan's conquest? How can Jericho be mentioned again (Joshua 16:1) if Joshua 6 supposedly left the city in total ruins?Verse 16. - When the priests. There is no "when" in the original, nor is it needed (see Keil). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew After the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית (haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) time around, בַּפַּ֣עַם (bap·pa·‘am) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence the priests הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest blew תָּקְע֥וּ (tā·qə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman the trumpets, בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת (baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn and Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites commanded וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say the people, הָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock “Shout! הָרִ֔יעוּ (hā·rî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7321: To mar, to split the ears, shout For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has given נָתַ֧ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you the city! הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Links Joshua 6:16 NIVJoshua 6:16 NLT Joshua 6:16 ESV Joshua 6:16 NASB Joshua 6:16 KJV Joshua 6:16 BibleApps.com Joshua 6:16 Biblia Paralela Joshua 6:16 Chinese Bible Joshua 6:16 French Bible Joshua 6:16 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 6:16 It happened at the seventh time when (Josh. 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