Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.


map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”