Joshua 6:15

"The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days."

Key Reflection

On the second of six consecutive days, Joshua led the Israelites in a solemn parade around Jericho, returning to their encampment after each daily circuit. This ritual, performed silently except for the priests carrying the ark of the covenant and blowing trumpets, would have been a dramatic display of divine command and promise, reinforcing the belief that God’s presence and power would ensure victory over the city walls.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

On the seventh day -Most probably a Sabbath day. The rising early would be necessary to give time for encompassing the city seven times. Jericho appears to have been a city of considerable size and population; and each passage of the large host round it could hardly have taken less than an hour and a half. Thus, with the necessary intervals of rest, the evening would be at hand when Joshua gave the signal to shoutJoshua 6:16; and the work of slaughter was probably commenced just as the hours of the Sabbath were passed.

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