Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. New Living Translation Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. English Standard Version Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Berean Standard Bible Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. King James Bible And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. New King James Version And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. New American Standard Bible Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. NASB 1995 “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. NASB 1977 “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Legacy Standard Bible Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Amplified Bible Also, seven priests shall carry seven trumpets [made] of rams’ horns ahead of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Christian Standard Bible Have seven priests carry seven ram’s-horn trumpets in front of the ark. But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the ram’s horns. Holman Christian Standard Bible Have seven priests carry seven ram’s-horn trumpets in front of the ark. But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the trumpets. American Standard Version And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Contemporary English Version Take along the sacred chest and tell seven priests to walk in front of it, carrying trumpets. But on the seventh day, march slowly around the town seven times while the priests blow their trumpets. English Revised Version And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. GOD'S WORD® Translation Seven priests will carry rams' horns ahead of the ark. But on the seventh day you must march around the city seven times while the priests blow their horns. Good News Translation Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets. International Standard Version with seven priests carrying in front of the ark seven trumpets made from rams' horns. On the seventh day march around the city seven times while the priests blow their trumpets. Majority Standard Bible Have seven priests carry seven rams? horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. NET Bible Have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. New Heart English Bible Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Webster's Bible Translation And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. World English Bible Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand seven priests carry seven horns of the rams before the Ark, and on the seventh day you go around the city seven times, and the priests blow with the horns, Young's Literal Translation and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets, Smith's Literal Translation And seven priests shall lift up seven trumpets of alarms before the ark: and in the seventh day ye shall encompass the city seven times, and the priests shall clang the trumpets. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, on the seventh day, the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used on the jubilee, and they shall precede the ark of the covenant. And you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets. New American Bible with seven priests carrying ram’s horns ahead of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, and have the priests blow the horns. New Revised Standard Version with seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd seven priests shall bear trumpets, and blow before the ark; and on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And seven Priests shall take horns and they shall blow reveille before the ark and on the seventh day go around the city seven times, and the Priests shall sound with the trumpets OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And seven priests shall bear seven rams' horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns. Brenton Septuagint Translation Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Walls of Jericho…3March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days. 4Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. 5And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”… Cross References Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. 1 Kings 6:4 He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. Revelation 8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets. 1 Samuel 4:5 When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook. 2 Chronicles 13:12 Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.” Numbers 10:8-10 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come. / When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies. / And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.” 1 Chronicles 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark. 2 Samuel 6:15 while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn. 1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. Exodus 19:13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. Psalm 47:5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. Leviticus 25:9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land. 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. Treasury of Scripture And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. Leviticus 25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. Leviticus 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. Numbers 10:1-10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … seven times Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Genesis 7:2,3 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female… Leviticus 4:6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. Jump to Previous Ark Bear Blast-Trumpets Blow Blowing Carry City Compass Hands Horns Jubilee March Priests Rams Round Seven Seventh Times TrumpetsJump to Next Ark Bear Blast-Trumpets Blow Blowing Carry City Compass Hands Horns Jubilee March Priests Rams Round Seven Seventh Times 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 And have seven priests The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection, reflecting God's divine order. The Hebrew word for seven is "שֶׁבַע" (sheva), which is rooted in the idea of fullness and abundance. The presence of seven priests signifies a complete and divinely ordained action, emphasizing the sacredness of the task at hand. Priests, as mediators between God and the people, underscore the spiritual nature of the battle, indicating that this is not merely a physical conquest but a spiritual one. carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark On the seventh day march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Have sevenוְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (wə·šiḇ·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number priests כֹהֲנִ֡ים (ḵō·hă·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest carry יִשְׂאוּ֩ (yiś·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take seven שִׁבְעָ֨ה (šiḇ·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number trumpets שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת (šō·wp̄·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn of rams' horns הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ (hay·yō·wḇ·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3104: A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) in front לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the ark. הָאָר֔וֹן (hā·’ā·rō·wn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 727: A chest, ark Then on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) day, וּבַיּוֹם֙ (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day march around תָּסֹ֥בּוּ (tā·sōb·bū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround the city הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement seven שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number times, פְּעָמִ֑ים (pə·‘ā·mîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence while the priests וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest blow יִתְקְע֖וּ (yiṯ·qə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman the trumpets. בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn Links Joshua 6:4 NIVJoshua 6:4 NLT Joshua 6:4 ESV Joshua 6:4 NASB Joshua 6:4 KJV Joshua 6:4 BibleApps.com Joshua 6:4 Biblia Paralela Joshua 6:4 Chinese Bible Joshua 6:4 French Bible Joshua 6:4 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 6:4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets (Josh. 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