Joshua 6:11
So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
Joshua 6:11 in other translations
| BSB | So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there. |
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| WEB | So he caused the LORD’s ark to go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city, going round once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp. |
| DARBY | And the ark of Jehovah went round the city, encompassing it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. |
| BBE | So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night. |
| Webster | So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. |
What does Joshua 6:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:8-11
Jos 6:8-19. The City Compassed Six Days. 8-11. the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets ... passed on before the Lord--before the ark, called "the ark of the covenant," for it contained the tables on which the covenant was inscribed. The procession was made in deep and solemn silence, conforming to the instructions given to the people by their leader at the outset, that they were to refrain from all acclamation…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 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…
Joshua 6:11 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Joshua 6:10
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye 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 ye shout.
- Joshua 6:11
So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
- Joshua 6:12
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
Joshua 6:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El arca pues de Jehová dió una vuelta alrededor de la ciudad, y viniéronse al real, en el cual tuvieron la noche. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’arche de l’ Éternel fit le tour de la ville, tournant autour une fois; puis ils entrèrent dans le camp, et passèrent la nuit dans le camp. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Lade Jehovas umzog die Stadt, einmal rings um sie her; und sie kamen in das Lager und übernachteten im Lager. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Circuivit ergo arca Domini civitatem semel per diem, et reversa in castra mansit ibi. |