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The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.
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A Divinely Ordered March
Commentators explain the specific order of the procession: armed soldiers, then priests with trumpets, followed by the Ark of the Covenant, and finally the rest of the people (the "rereward"). This wasn't a chaotic mob but a disciplined, divinely commanded formation, showing that obedience to God's specific instructions was key to the coming victory.
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Joshua
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Reformed Baptist
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets Whom Jarchi, Ki…
Presbyterian
Wherever the ark went, the people attended it. God's ministers, by the trumpet of the everlasting gospel, which proclaims liberty and victory, must…
