THEOSISJoshua 6:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.
וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֡ים יִשְׂאוּ֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאָר֔וֹן וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י תָּסֹ֥בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים יִתְקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
No commentary on this verse yet
No Church Father commentary is available for this verse yet.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Rev 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels: Go and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
- 2 Chr 20:17It shall not be you that shall fight, but only stand with confidence, and you shall see the help of the Lord over you, O Juda, and Jerusalem: fear ye not, nor be you dismayed: to morrow you shall go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.
- Rev 8:2And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and there were given to them seven trumpets.
- 2 Chr 20:21And he gave counsel to the people, and appointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him by their companies, and to go before the army, and with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Lev 14:16And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.
- Rev 10:3And he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
- Num 23:1And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
- Rev 1:20The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.