And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] 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 thou 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 , the twenty second of Nisan, after the feast of unleavened bread was over. Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p.