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Joshua 6:4

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

KJV

Septimo autem die, sacerdotes tollant septem buccinas, quarum usus est in jubilæo, et præcedant arcam fœderis : septiesque circuibitis civitatem, et sacerdotes clangent buccinis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἂν σαλπίσητε τῇ σάλπιγγι, ἀνακραγέτω πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἃμα·

LXX

And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

ASV

וְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֡ים יִשְׂאוּ֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת הַ/יּֽוֹבְלִים֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָ/אָר֔וֹן וּ/בַ/יּוֹם֙ הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔י תָּסֹ֥בּוּ אֶת הָ/עִ֖יר שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְ/הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים יִתְקְע֖וּ בַּ/שּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּבֵ֖ל
ybl
noun · 27×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×
שּׁוֹפָ֔ר
shvpr
noun · 72×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:43 — And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
  • 2Chr 20:17 — Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:
  • 2Chr 20:21 — And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mer
  • 2Kgs 5:10 — And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
  • 2Kgs 5:10 — And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
  • 2Sam 6:15 — So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
  • Gen 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
  • Job 42:8 — Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I
  • Judg 7:15 — And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into y
  • Judg 7:22 — And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeh
  • Lev 4:6 — And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
  • Lev 14:16 — And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
  • Lev 25:8 — And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
  • Neh 12:35 — And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
  • Num 10:8 — And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
  • Num 23:1 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
  • Rev 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
  • Rev 1:20 — The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest
  • Rev 5:1 — And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
  • Rev 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spir
  • Rev 8:2 — And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
  • Rev 8:6 — And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
  • Rev 10:3 — And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
  • Rev 15:1 — And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
  • Rev 15:7 — And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
  • Rev 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
  • Zech 4:6 — Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.