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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 6:13

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord, etc.] (See Gill on “<060604>Joshua 6:4”); went on continually; or, “going they went” f87: kept on going, making no stop at all, until they had compassed the city: and blew with the trumpets; as they went along: and the armed men went before them, but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord; which the Targum paraphrases as on (<060609>Joshua 6:9); [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets; (see Gill on “<060609>Joshua 6:9”).
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