Joshua 6:4 (LSB)

Passage

Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

Nearby Context

Joshua 6:2 And Yahweh said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.

Joshua 6:3 And you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.

Joshua 6:4 Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

Joshua 6:5 And it will be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down beneath itself, and the people will go up every man straight ahead.”

Joshua 6:6 So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Carry the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seven", "priests", "shall", "carry", "trumpets", "rams", and "horns". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seven" and "priests", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And you shall march around the city..." into verse 5's "And it will be that when they...", so "seven" and "priests" 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 "seven" and "priests" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.