Joshua 6 · Verse 14

Joshua 6:14

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Joshua 6:14, King James Version

Joshua 6:14 in other translations

BSBSo on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
WEBThe second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.
ASVAnd the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
YLTAnd they compass the city on the second day once, and turn back to the camp; thus they have done six days.
DARBYAnd on the second day they went round the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.
BBEThe second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.
WebsterAnd the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.

What does Joshua 6:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:12-14

12-14. Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord--The second day's procession seems to have taken place in the morning. In all other respects, down even to the smallest details, the arrangements of the first day continued to be the rule followed on the other six.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 So they did six days - It is not likely that the whole Israelitish host went each day round the city. This would have been utterly impossible: the fighting men alone amounted to nearly 600,000, independently of the people, who must have amounted at least to two or three millions; we may therefore safely assert that only a select number, such as was deemed necessary for the occasion, were employed. Jericho could not have been a large city: and to reduce it could not have required a hundredth part of the armed force under the command of Joshua.

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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…

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Joshua 6:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּvai.ya.So.buand they went aroundH5437
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעִ֜ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
בַּיּ֤וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַשֵּׁנִי֙ha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145
פַּ֣עַםPa.'ama timeH6471
אַחַ֔ת'a.ChatoneH259
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they returnedH7725
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
עָשׂ֖וּ'a.Suthey didH6213
שֵׁ֥שֶׁתShe.shetsixH8337
יָמִֽים\׃ya.MimdaysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 6:14

  • 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 6:3

    And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

  • Joshua 6:15

    And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

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Context

  • Joshua 6:13

    And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

  • Joshua 6:14

    And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

  • Joshua 6:15

    And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

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Joshua 6:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así dieron otra vuelta á la ciudad el segundo día, y volviéronse al real: de esta manera hicieron por seis días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le second jour, ils firent le tour de la ville une fois, puis ils revinrent dans le camp. Ils firent ainsi, six jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie umzogen die Stadt am zweiten Tage einmal und kehrten in das Lager zurück. Also taten sie sechs Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Circuieruntque civitatem secundo die semel, et reversi sunt in castra. Sic fecerunt sex diebus.