So he caused the ark of the LORD to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.
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
So the ark of the Lord compassed the city,.... Being bore by the priests, who carried it round the city; it may as well be rendered and interpreted as it is by Kimchi,"he, i.e. Joshua, caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city;'' that is, he gave orders to the priests to take it up, and go round with it on the first...
THE CITY COMPASSED SIX DAYS. (Jos 6:8-19) 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.
Commenting on Joshua 6:8-19