Joshua 6:15

Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the Israelites’ actions on the seventh day of the siege, immediately following six days of marching around Jericho once and returning to camp.

The words — וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֙מוּ (va/i.yash.Ki.mu) = and they rose early; הַ/שַּׁ֔חַר (ha./Sha.char) = the dawn.

The thread — The motif of rising before dawn appears in Psalms 119:147, while Matthew 28:1 and 2 Peter 1:19 reference dawn and prophetic confirmation in different contexts.

Why it lands — The text demands attention to precise obedience and the fulfillment of specific divine timing, noting that the seventh day alone required seven circuits.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

Cross-references

Psalms 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Matthew 28:1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
2 Peter 1:19 We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.