# No sound must leave your mouths

Sound leaving someone's mouth refers to that person's speaking or shouting. Alternate translation: "Do not yell or speak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# But Joshua commanded the people

Joshua had commanded the people before they started walking around the city. Alternate translation: "Joshua had commanded the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-events]])