And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
We have here an account of the cavalcade which Israel made about Jericho, the orders Joshua gave concerning it, as he had received them from the Lord and their punctual observance of these orders. We do not find that he gave the people the express assurances God had given him that he would deliver the city into their hands; but he tried whether they would...
Commenting on Joshua 6:6-16
And he said unto the people, pass on, and compass the city,.... The women and children, the young men under twenty years of age, the unarmed part of the camp, as distinguished from the armed men: and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord; to guard the ark, protect the priests, and defend the people, should any sally be...
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. (f) This is chiefly meant by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.