Joshua 6:7 (DRB)

Passage

And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord.

Nearby Context

Joshua 6:5 And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand.

Joshua 6:6 Then Joshua, 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.

Joshua 6:7 And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord.

Joshua 6:8 And when Joshua had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,

Joshua 6:9 And all the armed men went before, the rest of the common people followed the ark, and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "people", "compass", "city", "armed", "marching", "before", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Then Joshua the son of Nun called..." into verse 8's "And when Joshua had ended his words...", so "said" and "people" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.