Obedience and the Daily March

6

Y'hoshua the son of Nun called the cohanim and told them, "Take up the ark for the covenant, and have seven cohanim carry seven shofars ahead of the ark of ADONAI."

7

To the people he said, "Move on, encircle the city, and have the army march ahead of the ark of ADONAI."

8

When Y'hoshua had spoken to the people, the seven cohanim carrying the seven shofars before ADONAI passed on and blew on the shofars, with the ark for the covenant of ADONAI following them.

9

The fighting men went ahead of the cohanim blowing the shofars, while the rearguard marched after the ark, with incessant blowing on the shofars.

10

Y'hoshua gave this order to the people: "Don't shout, don't let your voice be heard, don't let a single word out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout; then you will shout."

11

So he had the ark of ADONAI make a circle around the city, going around it once; then they returned to camp and stayed in the camp.

12

The next morning Y'hoshua got up early, and the cohanim took up the ark of ADONAI.

13

The seven cohanim carrying the seven shofars ahead of the ark of ADONAI went on, continually blowing on their shofars, with the fighting men marching ahead of them and the rearguard following after the ark of ADONAI; all the while the blowing on the shofars was incessant.

14

The second day, they went around the city once and returned to camp. They did the same for six days.

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