A moment in scripture
Joshua 6:12
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
The surrounding passage
- Joshua 6:10
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
- 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 6:13
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
- Joshua 6:14
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.