Joshua 6:1

1 Now Jericho was shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none 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 shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none came in.

2 And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given into your hand Jericho, with its king and mighty men of valor.

3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; and on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets.

5 And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."