Joshua 6:9 meaning and explanation

While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.

Joshua 6:9, Berean Standard Bible

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The scene is the daily procession around Jericho during the six days before the city falls. Joshua has arranged the order of march: armed soldiers go first, then the seven priests blowing rams' horns, then the ark of the covenant, with a rear guard behind it.

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