JOS 6:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So Yehoshua summoned the priests and told them, “Carry the box with the agreement, and have seven priests hold up seven rams’ horns ahead of Yahweh’s box.”

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς,
(Kai eisaʸlthen Yaʸsous ho tou Nauaʸ pros tous hiereis, )

ULT So Joshua, the son of Nun, called to the priests and said to them, “Carry the Box of the Covenant, and seven priests shall carry seven shofars of rams to the face of the Box of Yahweh.”

UST So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry Yahweh’s sacred chest, and tell seven other priests to carry horns and walk ahead of the sacred chest of Yahweh.”

OEB So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and told them to lift the ark of the covenant and let seven priests carry seven rams” horns as trumpets in front of the ark of the Lord.

WEBBE Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD’s ark.”

WMBB Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven shofars[fn] of rams’ horns before the LORD’s ark.”

6:6 or, trumpets

NET So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”

LSV And Joshua son of Nun calls to the priests and says to them, “Carry the Ark of the Covenant, and seven priests carry seven horns of the rams before the Ark of YHWH”;

FBV So Joshua, son of Nun, sent for the priests, and told them, “Pick up the Ark of Agreement, and have seven priests carry seven rams' horns and go ahead of the Ark of the Lord.”

T4T So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry the chest that contains the Ten Commandments that Yahweh gave to us. Tell seven other priests to carry trumpets and walk in front of them.”

LEB So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry the trumpets of the rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh.”

BBE Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

Moff So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and told them to lift the ark of the compact and let seven priests carry seven rams’ horns as trumpets in front of the ark of the Eternal.

JPS And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.'

ASV And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah.

DRA Then Josue the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord.

YLT And Joshua son of Nun calleth unto the priests, and saith unto them, 'Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah;'

Drby And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Carry the ark of the covenant, and seven priests shall carry seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah.

RV And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.

SLT And Joshua son of Nun will call to the priests and say to them, Lift up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests shall lift up seven trumpets of signals before the ark of Jehovah.

Wbstr And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

KJB-1769 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.

KJB-1611 ¶ And Ioshua the sonne of Nun called the Priests, and said vnto them, Take vp the Arke of the Couenant, and let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rammes-hornes, before the Arke of the LORD.
(¶ And Yoshua the son of Nun called the Priests, and said unto them, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and let seven Priests bear seven trumpets of rams-hornes, before the Ark of the LORD.)

Bshps And Iosuah the sonne of Nun, called the priestes, and sayde vnto them: Take vp the arke of the couenaunt, and let seuen priestes beare seuen trumpets of rammes hornes before the arke of the Lorde.
(And Yoshua the son of Nun, called the priests, and said unto them: Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams horns before the ark of the Lord.)

Gnva Then, Ioshua the sonne of Nun called the Priests and said vnto them, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rams hornes before the Arke of the Lord.
(Then, Yoshua the son of Nun called the Priests and said unto them, Take up the Ark of the covenant, and let seven Priests bear seven trumpets of rams horns before the Ark of the Lord. )

Cvdl Then Iosua the sonne of Nun called ye prestes, and sayde vnto them: Beare ye the Arke of the couenaunt, and let seuen prestes take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of Iubilye before the Arke of the LORDE.
(Then Yoshua the son of Nun called ye/you_all priests, and said unto them: Bear ye/you_all the Ark of the covenant, and let seven priests take the seven trompettes of the year of Yubilye before the Ark of the LORD.)

Wycl Therfor Josue, the sone of Nun, clepide preestis, and seide to hem, Take ye the ark of boond of pees, and seuene othere preestis take seuene clariouns of iubile yeeris, and go thei bifor the arke of the Lord.
(Therefore Yosue, the son of Nun, called priests, and said to hem, Take ye/you_all the ark of bond of peace, and seven other priests take seven clariouns of iubile years, and go they before the ark of the Lord.)

Luth Da rief Josua, der Sohn Nuns, den Priestern und sprach zu ihnen: Traget die Lade des Bundes, und sieben Priester lasset sieben Halljahrsposaunen tragen vor der Lade des HErr’s.
(So shouted Yosua, the/of_the son Nuns, the priests and spoke to/for to_them: Wearet the box/chest the federation/agreements, and seven priest(s) let seven Hallyahrsposaunen bear/carry before/in_front_of the/of_the box/chest the LORD’s.)

ClVg Vocavit ergo Josue filius Nun sacerdotes, et dixit ad eos: Tollite arcam fœderis: et septem alii sacerdotes tollant septem jubilæorum buccinas, et incedant ante arcam Domini.
(He_called therefore Yosue son Nun priests, and he/she_said to them: Take_it_away the_box covenant: and seven others priests tollant seven rejoicerum buccinas, and incedant before the_box Master. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:13–6:27 Israel conquered Jericho by God’s power

The Israelites followed God’s instructions and marched around the wall of Jericho town. On the seventh day the wall of the town collapsed and they conquered the town. They killed everybody in it except for Rahab and her family.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The wall of Jericho fell

The conquering of Jericho

6:6a

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said,

¶ So Joshua son of Nun called the priests together and told them:
¶ So Joshua whose father was Nun summoned the priests and said to them:

So: The word So connects the preceding verses with what Joshua did next. It shows that Joshua obeyed the commands of Yahweh.

Joshua son of Nun: See how you translated this phrase in Joshua 1:1.

summoned the priests and said: The clause summoned the priests means that Joshua told the priests to come together so that he could give them his instructions.

6:6b

“Take up the ark of the covenant and

“Take the ark of the covenant.
“Carry the covenant box.

Take up: The phrase Take up means that some of the priests must pick up and carry the ark of the covenant.

the ark of the covenant: The term the ark of the covenant refers to the wooden box that was the symbol of Yahweh’s presence. See how you translated this term in 3:3.

6:6c

have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

Tell seven priests to carry seven trumpets made of rams’ horns and walk in front of it.”
Have seven priests who each hold a sheep horn walk ahead of the box.”

and have seven priests carry: Joshua ordered seven priests to each take a trumpet.

seven rams’ horns: The words seven rams’ horns indicates that each of the seven priests had one ram’s horn.

in front of the ark of the LORD: The phrase in front of the ark of the LORD means that the priests must walk ahead of the ark and blow their trumpets.

the ark of the LORD: The term the ark of the LORD is another way that the Hebrew language refers to the “ark of the covenant” that is mentioned in verse 6:6b. It may be clearer in some languages to use the same term as you used in 6:6b.

Parallel JOS 6:6

Section 5:13–6:27 Israel conquered Jericho by God’s power

6:6a

6:6b

6:6c