OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 6:16

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At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!

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Verse 16. Said, or “had said,” when he gave the people the sound of the trumpet for a sign ( Bible.) when they were to shout, verse 5. He probably gave the regulations respecting the plunder of the city, before the army left the camp. Calmet.

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