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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 6:12

Early the next morning, Joshua and everyone else started marching around Jericho in the same order as the day before. One group of soldiers was in front, followed by the seven priests with trumpets and the priests who carried the chest. The rest of the army came next. The seven priests blew their trumpets while everyone marched slowly around Jericho and back to camp. They did this once a day for six days.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Rising;   Trumpet;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Delayed Blessings;   Home;   Miracles;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Holy Land;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Priests;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Zechariah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jericho;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horns;   Miracles;   Rams' Horns;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Palestine (Recent Exploration, I.e. as of 1915);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua got up early the next morning. The priests took the ark of the Lord,
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua rose early in the morning, and the Kohanim took up the ark of the LORD.
King James Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.
English Standard Version
Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord .
New Century Version
Early the next morning Joshua got up, and the priests carried the Ark of the Lord again.
New English Translation
Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord .
Amplified Bible
Then Joshua got up early in the morning [on the second day], and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
Now Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua rose early in the morning, and the Priestes bare the Arke of the Lord:
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Yahweh.
Complete Jewish Bible
The next morning Y'hoshua got up early, and the cohanim took up the ark of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Early the next morning Joshua got up, and the priests carried the Lord 's Holy Box again.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Good News Translation
Joshua got up early the next morning, and for the second time the priests and soldiers marched around the city in the same order as the day before: first, the advance guard; next, the seven priests blowing the seven trumpets; then, the priests carrying the Lord 's Covenant Box; and finally, the rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
Literal Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests bore the ark of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for Iosua vsed to ryse vp early in the mornynge. And the prestes bare the Arke of the LORDE:
American Standard Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah rose early in the mornyng, and the priestes toke vp the arke of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua rose earely in the morning, and the Priests tooke vp the Arke of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And on the second day Joshua rose up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
English Revised Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor while Josue roos bi nyyt, preestis tooken the arke of the Lord;
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah,
Update Bible Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
World English Bible
Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.
New King James Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests again carried the Ark of the Lord .
New Life Bible
Joshua got up early in the morning. And the religious leaders took up the special box of the agreement.
New Revised Standard
Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua rose early in the morning, - and the priests bare the ark of Yahweh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue rising before day, the priests took the ark of the Lord,
Revised Standard Version
Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

6 Joshua called the priests together and said, "Take the chest and have seven priests carry trumpets and march ahead of it." 7Next, he gave the army their orders: "March slowly around Jericho. A few of you will go ahead of the chest to guard it, but most of you will follow it. Don't shout the battle cry or yell or even talk until the day I tell you to. Then let out a shout!" As soon as Joshua finished giving the orders, the army started marching. One group of soldiers led the way, with seven priests marching behind them and blowing trumpets. Then came the priests carrying the chest, followed by the rest of the soldiers. 11 They obeyed Joshua's orders and carried the chest once around the town before returning to camp for the night. 12Early the next morning, Joshua and everyone else started marching around Jericho in the same order as the day before. One group of soldiers was in front, followed by the seven priests with trumpets and the priests who carried the chest. The rest of the army came next. The seven priests blew their trumpets while everyone marched slowly around Jericho and back to camp. They did this once a day for six days. 15 On the seventh day, the army got up at daybreak. They marched slowly around Jericho the same as they had done for the past six days, except on this day they went around seven times. 16 Then the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua yelled: Get ready to shout! The Lord will let you capture this town.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua rose: Joshua 3:1, Genesis 22:3

the priests: Joshua 6:6-8, Deuteronomy 31:25, John 2:5-8, John 6:10, John 6:11, John 9:6, John 9:7, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:9 - which bare Joshua 8:10 - rose up Judges 7:1 - rose up Judges 20:19 - rose up 2 Chronicles 29:20 - rose

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.
Genesis 6:8
But the Lord was pleased with Noah,
Genesis 6:13
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
Genesis 6:14
Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Genesis 6:15
Make it four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
Genesis 6:16
Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about eighteen inches between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three stories high and put a door on one side.
Genesis 6:17
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua rose early in the morning,.... Of the second day; to take care of, direct, and prepare everything for another procession on that day; so active and diligent was he to do the will and work of God, exactly and punctually:

and the priests took up the ark of the Lord; and carried it about as they had done the day before.


 
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