Joshua 6:6

Hebrew Bible

5 When you hear the signal from the rams’ horns, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse, and the warriors should charge straight ahead.” 6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.” 7 And he told the army, “Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

LXX Joshua 6:6

Septuagint

5 And when they shout, the walls of the city will collapse spontaneously, and all the people will go in, rushing, each at the face into the city.” 6 And Joshua the son of Nun went in to the priests, 7 and he spoke to them, saying, “Order the people to go around and encircle the city, and the warriors must pass by armed before the Lord.

 Notes and References
"... Parallels between 4QJosha and the Septuagint in a common short text ... elsewhere (Joshua 5:2–7 and 6:6–7) this scroll does not reflect the short text of the Septuagint. However, in chapter 5 this argument is not conclusive, as the translator may have shortened his Vorlage because of contextual difficulties ... A substantial amount of text is lacking in the scroll, which therefore must have been close to the short text of the LXX. The resemblance of 4QJosha and the LXX in their short text is supported by the common readings in this small fragment ..."

Tov, Emanuel Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Essays (p. 134) Brill, 2015

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