John Gill Commentary Joshua 6:3

"And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days." — Joshua 6:3 (ASV)

And you shall compass the city, all [you] men of war
Joshua their chief commander under the Lord, and all that were able to make war, even all above twenty years of age; these were to compass the city, not in the form of a siege, but by a procession around it:

[and] go round about the city once ;
or one time, for the first once in a day, and no more:

thus shall you do six days ;
one after another; that is, go round it, once every day, for such a time. This order was given, according to the Jews ^F23 , the twenty second of Nisan, after the feast of unleavened bread was over.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31.