Joshua 6:5
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And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
In other translations
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961בִּמְשֹׁךְ׀bimshokhwhen blowH4900בְּקֶרֶןbekerenon [the] horn ofH7161הַיּוֹבֵלhaiyovel<the> ram's hornH3104כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶםkeshame'akhemjust as hear youH8085אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853קוֹלkol[the] sound ofH6963הַשּׁוֹפָרhashofarthe trumpetH7782יָרִיעוּyari'uthey will shoutH7321כָל־khol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971תְּרוּעָהteru'aha shoutH8643גְדוֹלָהgedolahloudH1419וְנָפְלָהvenafelahand it will fallH5307חוֹמַתchomat[the] wall ofH2346הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892תַּחְתֶּיהָtachteihain place itsH8478וְעָלוּve'aluand they will go upH5927הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אִישׁ'isheveryoneH376נֶגְדּוֹ׃negdobefore himselfH5048
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Exodus 19:19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- 2 Chronicles 13:14-1514 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.14 When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets, 15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 1 Samuel 4:5And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.
- Joshua 6:16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
- 1 Samuel 17:52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
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- Judges 7:20-2220 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.20 The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” 21 Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran. 22 And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- Joshua 6:20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
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