Joshua 6:1

1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the sons of Israel; no one went out, and no one came in.

Joshua 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 6:1

Now Jericho was straitly shut up, because of the children of
Israel
Or "it shut up", or "was shutting, and was shut up" ^F21; that is, the king and the inhabitants shut it up within; the Targum says with iron doors, and bars of brass, and it was blocked up without by the children of Israel:

none went out and none came in;
none of their forces went out to make a sally on the Israelites, or to seek to make peace with them; nor any of their neighbours went in to them, to carry them any provision, or to assist them, or to be sheltered by them, not being able to do it because of the camp of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (trgomw trgo) "claudens et clausa", Montanus, Vatablus.

Joshua 6:1 In-Context

1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the sons of Israel; no one went out, and no one came in.

2 But the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king into thy hand, with its mighty men of valour.

3 Therefore, ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, going round about the city once; and thou shalt do this six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot {or rams horns} of jubilee; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the shofarot.

5 And when they make a long sound of jubilee with the horn so that ye hear the voice of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat; then the people shall ascend up each man straight before him.