But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
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… it's in step with the presence of God. It's in what God has said, that God is with me. I want us to be a people like that. The other thing about this in Joshua 6 verse 10 says this, And so for six days, man, these guys walk around the walls of Jericho in silence. In silence. Now I bet there was some stuff they wanted to say. I bet they could have given Jericho a piece of their mind. But they bit their tongue, obeyed the word of the Lord, and walked in silence. You know it takes strength to stay silent. And in this account, silence is not apathy. Silence is obedience. some of us want to excuse our silence for for obedience and reverence to the lord when actually it's just apathy for this place was silence is not apathy it's it's obedience to the lord i got a friend he's a british professional boxer and he's a phenomenal boxer his dad was a boxing champion he is a boxing champion the fight's in well away he's just incredible and i've seen him come up from when he was like 18 years old to where he is right now, just fighting places like Vegas and Dubai and all the biggest places in London at the O2 and at the home of English boxing in East London. …
… and the rear guard went behind the ark. But Joshua had commanded the troops, do not shout or let your voice be heard. don't let one word come out of your mouth until the time I say, shout. Then you are to shout. So the ark of the Lord was carried around the city, circling it once. They returned to the camp and spent the night there. Joshua got up early the next morning. The priests took the ark of the Lord and the seven priests carrying seven ram's horns marched in front of the ark of the Lord. While the ram's horns were blowing, the armed men went in front of them and the rear guard went behind the ark of the Lord. on the second day, they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. We doing okay? Making our way through, almost through. Here we go. Early on the seventh day, they started at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same way. …
… priests who blew the trumpet and the rear guard came after the ark while the priests continued blowing the trumpet. Now Joshua had commanded the people saying, you shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth until the day I say to you, shout. Then you shall shout. So he had the Ark of the Lord circled the city, going around it once, then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp. That's what they did one time each day, six days. So Joshua rose early in the morning and the priest took up the Ark of the Lord. Keep going. Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of ram's horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them, but the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord while the priests continued. Keep going. Blowing the trumpet. Keep going. And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to camp. …