Joshua 6:4

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Have seven priests carry seven ram’s horn trumpets in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, and the priests are to blow the trumpets.

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  • 2 Chr 20:21 : 21 Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed singers to sing to the LORD and give praise in the splendor of his holiness as they went out ahead of the army, singing: 'Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.'
  • 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'
  • 2 Chr 20:19 : 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
  • Job 42:8 : 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.
  • Isa 27:13 : 13 On that day, a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
  • Zech 4:2 : 2 He said to me, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'I see a gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, each having seven spouts to the lamps on it.'
  • Zech 4:6 : 6 He said to me, 'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne.
  • Rev 1:20 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
  • Rev 5:1 : 1 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.
  • Rev 5:6 : 6 Then I saw a Lamb, standing as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
  • Rev 8:2 : 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
  • Rev 8:6 : 6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
  • Rev 10:3 : 3 He cried out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders spoke with their voices.
  • Rev 15:1 : 1 Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues, because with them God's wrath is completed.
  • Rev 15:7 : 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
  • Rev 16:1 : 1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, 'Go and pour out the bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.'
  • Gen 2:3 : 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creation that He had done.
  • Gen 7:2-3 : 2 Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, each male and its female, and of the animals that are not clean, take two, each male and its female. 3 Also take seven pairs of the birds of the sky, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
  • Lev 4:6 : 6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
  • Lev 14:16 : 16 He shall dip his right finger into the oil in his left hand and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.
  • Lev 25:8-9 : 8 You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the seven weeks of years amount to forty-nine years. 9 You shall then sound a loud blast on the ram’s horn in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; on the Day of Atonement, you shall sound the trumpet throughout your land.
  • Num 10:1-9 : 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Make two silver trumpets for yourself; make them of hammered work. They shall be used for calling the assembly and for directing the movement of the camps. 3 When both are blown, the whole assembly shall gather to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. 4 If only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of Israel's clans, shall gather to you. 5 When you sound a trumpet blast, the camps on the east side shall set out. 6 When you sound a second trumpet blast, the camps on the south side shall set out; a blast shall be sounded for their departure. 7 When calling the assembly together, you shall blow the trumpets, but do not sound an alarm. 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a lasting statute for you throughout your generations. 9 When you go into battle in your land against an enemy who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you might be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies. 10 Also, on the day of your rejoicing, at your appointed festivals, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; they will serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.
  • Num 23:1 : 1 Balaam said to Balak, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.'
  • Judg 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will save you and hand Midian over to you. Let all the others go home." 8 So the three hundred men took provisions and their trumpets. The rest of the men of Israel were sent away, each to his own home, but Gideon kept the three hundred men. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
  • Judg 7:15-22 : 15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He returned to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands." 16 Gideon divided the three hundred men into three groups. He placed trumpets and empty jars, with torches inside the jars, into the hands of all of them. 17 He said to them, "Watch me and do as I do. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then you also blow your trumpets all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'" 19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the guards had been changed. They blew their trumpets and smashed the jars in their hands. 20 The three groups blew their trumpets and broke the jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" 21 Each man stood in his place around the camp, and the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled. 22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
  • 1 Kgs 18:43 : 43 Then he said to his servant, "Go and look toward the sea." So he went and looked and said, "There is nothing." Seven times Elijah told him, "Go back."
  • 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, 'Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be cleansed.'
  • 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 Now look, God is with us at our head, and His priests with their trumpets are ready to sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 6:5-16
    12 verses
    91%

    5When you hear the sound of a long blast from the ram’s horn, have all the people give a loud shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and the people will go up—each straight ahead.

    6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, 'Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets before it.'

    7And he commanded the people, 'Advance and march around the city, with the armed men going ahead of the ark of the LORD.'

    8After Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the LORD went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD followed them.

    9The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark, all while the trumpets were sounding.

    10But Joshua had commanded the people, 'Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, and do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!'

    11So he had the Ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the people returned to camp and spent the night there.

    12Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the Ark of the LORD.

    13The seven priests carrying the seven ram's horn trumpets marched ahead of the Ark of the LORD, blowing the trumpets as they went. The armed guard went before them, and the rear guard followed behind the Ark of the LORD, all while the trumpets sounded continuously.

    14On the second day, they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did the same for six days.

    15On the seventh day, they rose early, at dawn, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day alone, they circled the city seven times.

    16On the seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua said to the people, 'Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!'

  • Josh 6:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'See, I have delivered Jericho, its king, and its mighty warriors into your hands.'

    3You and all the fighting men are to march around the city once. Do this for six days.

  • Josh 6:20
    81%

    20When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a great shout, the wall collapsed. Each person charged straight in, and they captured the city.

  • Josh 3:6
    74%

    6Joshua told the priests, 'Take up the ark of the covenant and go ahead of the people.' So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

  • 1 Chr 16:6
    74%

    6Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests, blew the trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

  • Num 10:2-9
    8 verses
    73%

    2Make two silver trumpets for yourself; make them of hammered work. They shall be used for calling the assembly and for directing the movement of the camps.

    3When both are blown, the whole assembly shall gather to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

    4If only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of Israel's clans, shall gather to you.

    5When you sound a trumpet blast, the camps on the east side shall set out.

    6When you sound a second trumpet blast, the camps on the south side shall set out; a blast shall be sounded for their departure.

    7When calling the assembly together, you shall blow the trumpets, but do not sound an alarm.

    8The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a lasting statute for you throughout your generations.

    9When you go into battle in your land against an enemy who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you might be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.

  • 1 Chr 15:24
    73%

    24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew the trumpets before the ark of God, and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also gatekeepers for the ark.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    72%

    13When those carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

  • Rev 8:6
    72%

    6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    72%

    15David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

  • Judg 7:18
    71%

    18When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then you also blow your trumpets all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'"

  • Josh 3:14
    71%

    14So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

  • Josh 4:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10The priests carrying the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had instructed Joshua. The people hurried and crossed over.

    11When all the people had completed crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests also crossed over, in the sight of the people.

  • Judg 7:20
    71%

    20The three groups blew their trumpets and broke the jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

  • Num 29:1
    71%

    1In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work. It shall be a day of trumpet blasts for you.

  • Lev 25:9
    70%

    9You shall then sound a loud blast on the ram’s horn in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; on the Day of Atonement, you shall sound the trumpet throughout your land.

  • Josh 3:11
    70%

    11'Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing ahead of you into the Jordan.'

  • 1 Chr 15:26
    70%

    26And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

  • Josh 3:3
    70%

    3and they commanded the people, saying, 'When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your place and follow it.

  • Heb 11:30
    70%

    30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.

  • 1 Chr 15:28
    70%

    28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts of joy, the sound of the ram's horn, trumpets, cymbals, and the music of harps and lyres.

  • Josh 4:13
    70%

    13About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho, ready for war.

  • 2 Chr 13:14
    70%

    14When Judah turned, they saw that the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

  • 1 Sam 4:5
    69%

    5When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted with such a great shout that the ground shook.