Passage
Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
Joshua 6:10 (WEB)
Nearby Context
Joshua 6:8 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of Yahweh’s covenant followed them.
Joshua 6:9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
Joshua 6:10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
Joshua 6:11 So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.
Joshua 6:12 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "joshua", "commanded", "people", "saying", "shall", "shout", "voice", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joshua" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "The armed men went before the priests..." into verse 11's "So he caused Yahweh s ark to...", so "joshua" and "commanded" 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 "joshua" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.