约书亚记 6:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約書亞吩咐人民說：“你們不可呼喊，不可讓人聽見你們的聲音，連一句話也不可出口，等到我吩咐你們‘呼喊’的那天，你們才可以呼喊。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 吩 咐 百 姓 说 ： 你 们 不 可 呼 喊 ， 不 可 出 声 ， 连 一 句 话 也 不 可 出 你 们 的 口 ， 等 到 我 吩 咐 你 们 呼 喊 的 日 子 ， 那 时 才 可 以 呼 喊 。

Contextual Overview

⁶ So Joshua son of Nun called the priests together and said to them, "Carry the Ark of the Agreement. Tell seven priests to carry trumpets and march in front of it." ⁷ Then Joshua ordered the people, "Now go! March around the city. The soldiers with weapons should march in front of the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord ." ⁸ When Joshua finished speaking to the people, the seven priests began marching before the Lord . They carried the seven trumpets and blew them as they marched. The priests carrying the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord followed them. ⁹ Soldiers with weapons marched in front of the priests, and armed men walked behind the Ark. The priests were blowing their trumpets. ¹⁰ But Joshua had told the people not to give a war cry. He said, "Don't shout. Don't say a word until the day I tell you. Then shout." ¹¹ So Joshua had the Ark of the Lord carried around the city one time. Then they went back to camp for the night. ¹² Early the next morning Joshua got up, and the priests carried the Ark of the Lord again. ¹³ The seven priests carried the seven trumpets and marched in front of the Ark of the Lord , blowing their trumpets. Soldiers with weapons marched in front of them, and other soldiers walked behind the Ark of the Lord . All this time the priests were blowing their trumpets. ¹⁴ So on the second day they marched around the city one time and then went back to camp. They did this every day for six days. ¹⁵ On the seventh day they got up at dawn and marched around the city, just as they had on the days before. But on that day they marched around the city seven times.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

any noise with your voice: Heb. your voice to be heard, Isaiah 42:2, Matthew 12:19

until the day: 2 Samuel 5:23, 2 Samuel 5:24, Isaiah 28:16, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:17 - There is a noise Ezra 3:11 - shouted Ezekiel 21:22 - to lift

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua had commanded the people,.... When he gave them their orders to pass on, and compass the city, Joshua 6:7;

saying, ye shall not shout; that is, on any of the six days as they went round the city, only on the seventh; for this being a sign of victory, it was not to be made until the day when it should be obtained; otherwise, had they shouted, and nothing followed on it, it would have exposed them to the contempt of the inhabitants of Jericho, and would have put them in spirit, and hardened them:

nor make any noise with your voice; as laughing, singing, c. This profound silence was to be observed, to add to the gravity and solemnity of the procession and on account of the surprising miracle that was to be wrought, and particularly because of the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, borne before them; and when God in his providence was about to speak in so awful a manner, and to do such a surprising work, it was very fit and decent that they should be silent before him; see Habakkuk 2:20;

neither shall [any] word proceed out of your mouth; no conversation or discourse were to be had with each other as they passed along; for this is only to be restrained to the procession; when they returned, and in their camp, they might talk and discourse as at other times:

until the day I bid you shout, then shall ye shout; for as yet it seems Joshua had not told them how many days they should surround the city in this manner, and on what day the shout should be made by them.