The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
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The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
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And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing with the horns continually.
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Passages linked to Joshua 6:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 6:13 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of Yahweh’s ark went on continually, and blew the trumpets. The armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after Yahweh’s ark. The trumpets sounded as they went.
- Numbers 10:25 The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.
- Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
- Isaiah 52:11-12 Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels. For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the rearward, wherein was the standard of the…
Meaning, the rearward, wherein was the standard of the tribe of Dan, Num. 10:25.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 6:9 And the armed men went before the…
Jos 6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
Ver. 9. And the rereward came after the ark.] Heb., The gathering host, that in their march through the wilderness was wont to arise at the fourth alarm, and their charge was to look that nothing was left behind. {Num 10:25} {See Trapp on "Psa 27:10"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain rereward being opposed to the armed men, may seem…
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rereward being opposed to the armed men, may seem to note the unarmed people, who were desirous to be spectators of this wonderful work.
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The priests; which is rightly supplied here from Jos 6:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the armed men went before the priests that…
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,.... Whom Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, interpret of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; that is, as many of them as Joshua took with him over Jordan; though rather all the armed men in the camp are meant; at least along with those mentioned went the standards of Judah and Ephraim:
and the rereward came after the ark; because the tribe of Dan was the rereward in journeying, Num 2:31; hence the Targum paraphrases the words,"and the tribe of the house of Dan went after the ark;''and so both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it: but rather the body of the people unarmed are designed; at least these were brought up by the standard of Dan; or otherwise no place in this procession is appointed for them, whose business it was to make the great shout on the seventh day with the rest:
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the priests going on and blowing with the trumpets; the word "priests" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied; for, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, this is not said of the rereward, but of the priests, for they only bore and blew the trumpets; and so the Targum reads,"the priests going on, &c.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The rereward - Which being opposed to the armed…
The rereward - Which being opposed to the armed men, may seem to note the unarmed people, who were desirous to be spectators of this wonderful work.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. The rereward came after the ark] The…
Verse 9. The rereward came after the ark] The word מאסף measseph, from אסף asaph, to collect or gather up, may signify either the rereward, as our translation understands it, or the people who carried the baggage of the army; for on the seventh day this was necessary, as much fighting might be naturally expected in the assault, and they would need a supply of arms, darts, &c., as well as conveniences for those who might happen to be wounded: or the persons here intended might be such as carried the sacred articles belonging to the ark, or merely such people as might follow in the procession, without observing any particular order. The Jews think the division of Dan is meant, which always brought up the rear. See Nu 10:25.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. The rearward — Margin, the gathering host; that…
9. The rearward — Margin, the gathering host; that part of the army which occupies the last place on the march, protecting the front columns, and gathering up the faint and sick. The tribe of Dan had this position in the wilderness. Num_10:25. Had the ark been at the head of the column, its usual place, it would have been more exposed to capture by a sudden sally of the enemy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. the rereward] The remaining warriors were to act…
9. the rereward] The remaining warriors were to act as a rearguard. During the march through the wilderness this duty devolved on the tribe of Dan (see Num_10:25). “Rereward” means the “rearguard” of an army; guard and ward being related as guise and wise, Fr. guerre, and E. war. It is a corruption of the Fr. arrière-garde, as vanguard for avant-garde; or rather the first part of the word is formed from the O. Fr. riere (Lat. retro). Comp. 1Sa_29:2, “but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish;” Isa_52:12, “the God of Israel will be your rereward;” Isa_58:8, “the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward;” Shakespeare, Ι.Hen. 6. 3. 3,
“Now in the rearward comes the duke, and his;”
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Rom. and Jul. 3.2,
“But with a rearward following Tybalt’s death,
Romeo is banished.”
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