⁹ The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard^(A) followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding.

¹³ The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding.