Joshua 6:14

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
second	הַשֵּׁנִי֙ ha.she.Ni	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֤וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
compassed	וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ vai.ya.So.bu	H5437	to revolve · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
city	הָעִ֜יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
once	פַּ֣עַם Pa.'am	H6471	a stroke · noun, common feminine singular construct
returned	וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
did	עָשׂ֖וּ 'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
six	שֵׁ֥שֶׁת She.shet	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִֽים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

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 6:11 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 6:15 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 seve…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:6-16

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 obey orders with a general confidence that it would end well, and we find them very observant both of God and Joshua. I. Wherever the ark went the people attended it, Jos 6:9. The armed men went before it to clear the way, not thinking it any disparagement to them, though they were men of war, to be pioneers to the ark of God. If any obstac…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:12

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.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:14

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.

John Gill on Joshua 6:14

And the second day they compassed the city once,.... Went round it one time only; as on the first: and returned into the camp: which was at Gilgal, Joshua 5:10, so they did six days: four more after these two successively, and proceeded in the same order and manner as on those two days.

Dictionary and topics

Jericho — Place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was crossed by the Israelites (Josh. 3:16). Its site was…
Ark Of The Covenant · Miracles connected with: Fall of the walls of Jericho — Miracles connected with: Fall of the walls of Jericho
Decision · General references — General references
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Joshua: Jericho taken — Joshua: Jericho taken
Sieges · Mentioned in scripture: Jericho — Mentioned in scripture: Jericho
Trumpet · In the siege of — In the siege of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 6:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:6-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:12

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:14

John Gill on Joshua 6:14

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 6:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:6-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 6:12

Adam Clarke on Joshua 6:14

John Gill on Joshua 6:14

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 6:1-19

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 6:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 6:10-11

Rashi on Joshua 6:13