Joshua 6:1

1 Hiericho autem clausa erat atque munita timore filiorum Israhel et nullus egredi audebat aut ingredi

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 Hiericho autem clausa erat atque munita timore filiorum Israhel et nullus egredi audebat aut ingredi

2 dixitque Dominus ad Iosue ecce dedi in manus tuas Hiericho et regem eius omnesque fortes viros

3 circuite urbem cuncti bellatores semel per diem sic facietis sex diebus

4 septimo autem die sacerdotes tollant septem bucinas quarum usus est in iobeleo et praecedant arcam foederis septiesque circuibitis civitatem et sacerdotes clangent bucinis

5 cumque insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior et in auribus vestris increpuerit conclamabit omnis populus vociferatione maxima et muri funditus corruent civitatis ingredienturque singuli per locum contra quem steterint