Joshua 6:9

the rereward The remaining warriors were to act as a rearguard. During the march through the wilderness this duty devolved on the tribe of Dan (see Numbers 10:25). "Rereward" means the "rearguard" of an army; guardand wardbeing related as guiseand wise, Fr. guerre, and E. war. It is a corruption of the Fr. arrière-garde, as vanguardfor avant-garde; or rather the first part of the word is formed from the O. Fr. riere(Lat. retro). Comp. 1 Samuel 29:2, "but David and his men passed on in the rerewardwith Achish;" Isaiah 52:12, "the God of Israel will be your rereward;" Isaiah 58:8, "the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward;" Shakespeare, Ι. Hen. 6. 3. 3,

"Now in the rearwardcomes the duke, and his;"

Rom. and Jul. 3.2,

"But with a rearwardfollowing Tybalt's death,

Romeo is banished."