And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto the people, pass on, and compass the city,.... The women and children, the young men under twenty years of age, the unarmed part of the camp, as distinguished from the armed men:…
Barnes' Notes
He said - The reading in the Hebrew text is “they said.” Joshua no doubt issued his orders through the “officers of the people” (compare Jos 1:10). Him that is armed - i. e. the warriors generally,…
We have here an account of the cavalcade which Israel made about Jericho, the orders Joshua gave concerning it, as he had received them from the Lord and their punctual observance of these orders. We…
Capture and Destruction of Jericho
6. And Joshua In obedience to the commands thus received Joshua implicitly carries out the instructions given him and issues the needful orders to the host.