SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:9
Y los armados iban delante de los sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas, y la congregación iba detrás del arca, andando y tocando trompetas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 6:9
Verse 9. The rereward came after the ark] The word Psam measseph, from psa asaph, to collect or gather up, may signify either the rereward, as our translation understands it, or the people who carried the baggage of the army; for on the seventh day this was necessary, as much fighting might be naturally expected in the assault, and they would need a supply of arms, darts, &c., as well as conveniences for those who might happen to be wounded: or the persons here intended might be such as carried the sacred articles belonging to the ark, or merely such people as might follow in the procession, without observing any particular order. The Jews think the division of Dan is meant, which always brought up the rear. See Num. x. 25.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets , etc.] Whom Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, interpret of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; that is, as many of them as Joshua took with him over Jordan; though rather all the armed men in the camp are meant; at least along with those mentioned went the standards of Judah and Ephraim: and the rereward came after the ark ; because the tribe of Dan was the rereward in journeying, ( Numbers 2:31); hence the Targum paraphrases the words, “and the tribe of the house of Dan went after the ark;” and so both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it: but rather the body of the people unarmed are designed; at least these were brought up by the standard of Dan; or otherwise no place in this procession is appointed for them, whose business it was to make the great shout on the seventh day with the rest: [the priests] going on and blowing with the trumpets ; the word “priests” is not in the text, but is rightly supplied; for, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, this is not said of the rereward, but of the priests, for they only bore and blew the trumpets; and so the Targum reads, “the priests going on, etc.”
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-16 - Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory must encourage the followers of Christ in their spiritual warfare. A promised deliverances must be expected in God's way, so they must be expected in his time. At last the people were to shout: they did so and the walls fell. This was a shout of faith; they believed the wall of Jericho would fall. It was a shout of prayer; they cry to Heaven for help, and help came.
Original Hebrew
והחלוץ 2502 הלך 1980 לפני 6440 הכהנים 3548 תקעו 8628 השׁופרות 7782 והמאסף 622 הלך 1980 אחרי 310 הארון 727 הלוך 1980 ותקוע 8628 בשׁופרות׃ 7782
