Joshua 6:3
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Go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day: so shall ye do for six days.

Joshua 6:2
And the Lord said to Joshua: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men.

Joshua 6:4
And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.

Joshua 6:11
So the ark of the Lord went about the city once a day, and returning into the camp, abode there.

2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day: so shall ye do for six days.

ye shall

Joshua 6:7,14 And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord. . . .

Numbers 14:9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us, fear ye not.

1 Corinthians 1:21-25 For, seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God and not of us.

Context
The Walls of Jericho
2And the Lord said to Joshua: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men. 3Go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day: so shall ye do for six days.4And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.…
Lexicon
March around
וְסַבֹּתֶ֣ם (wə·sab·bō·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the city
הָעִ֗יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

with all
כֹּ֚ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the men
אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of war,
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

circling
הַקֵּ֥יף (haq·qêp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5362: To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate

the city
הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

one
אֶחָ֑ת (’e·ḥāṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

time.
פַּ֣עַם (pa·‘am)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

Do
תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ṯa·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this
כֹּ֥ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

for six
שֵׁ֥שֶׁת (šê·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

days.
יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.And you shall compass the city, all you men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.

And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

And do thou set the men of war round about it.

And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round the city once: thus shalt thou do six days.

All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;
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