Joshua 6:14 Meaning and Explanation
“And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →On the second day, and so on through six days, Israel marches once around the city and returns to camp.
What Does Joshua 6:14 Mean?
The verse compresses nearly a week into a single line. On the second day the people again circle the city once and return to camp, "and so they did six days." The narrative deliberately passes over the days quickly, mirroring how unremarkable they must have felt to those who lived them.
Six days of marching with no visible change asks much of a people's patience. Each evening they returned to camp with the wall still standing, the promise still unfulfilled. Yet they kept the rhythm God set. This is the long obedience that faith requires -- continuing in the appointed path even when nothing seems to be happening, trusting that God is at work though the eye sees no progress. The quietness of these six days makes the seventh, when God finally moves, all the more glorious.
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What does Joshua 6:14 mean?
On the second day, and so on through six days, Israel marches once around the city and returns to camp.