Joshua 6:14 (WEB)

Passage

The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

Nearby Context

Joshua 6:12 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark.

Joshua 6:13 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of Yahweh’s ark went on continually, and blew the trumpets. The armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after Yahweh’s ark. The trumpets sounded as they went.

Joshua 6:14 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

Joshua 6:15 On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.

Joshua 6:16 At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "second", "marched", "around", "city", "once", "returned", "camp", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "second" and "marched", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets..." into verse 15's "On the seventh day they rose early...", so "second" and "marched" 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 "second" and "marched" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.