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Joshua 6:1

Now Jericho [a fortified city with high walls] was tightly closed because [of the people's fear] of the sons of Israel; no one went out or came in.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Jericho;   Miracles;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Sieges;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alarm;   Conquest of Canaan;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jericho;   Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jericho;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Palestine (Recent Exploration, I.e. as of 1915);   Siege;   Strait;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
Update Bible Version
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the sons of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
English Revised Version
(NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.)
New Century Version
The people of Jericho were afraid because the Israelites were near. They closed the city gates and guarded them. No one went into the city, and no one came out.
New English Translation
Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now Jericho was closely shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
World English Bible
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jerico was closid and wardid, for the drede of the sones of Israel, and no man durste entre, ethir go out.
Young's Literal Translation
(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;)
Berean Standard Bible
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, the people of Jericho had been locking the gates in their town wall because they were afraid of the Israelites. No one could go out or come in.
American Standard Version
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Bible in Basic English
(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iericho was shut vp and closed, because of the childre of Israel, neither myght any man go out, or in.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yericho had completely barricaded its gates against the people of Isra'el — no one left, and no one entered.
Darby Translation
Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Easy-to-Read Version
The gates of the city of Jericho were closed. The people in the city were afraid because the Israelites were near. No one went into the city, and no one came out.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.--
King James Version (1611)
Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in.
New Life Bible
Now the gates of Jericho were all shut because of the people of Israel. No one went out and no one came in.
New Revised Standard
Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the Israelites; no one came out and no one went in.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, Jericho, was shut up and barred because of the sons of Israel, - none came out and none went in.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now Iericho was shut vp, and closed, because of the children of Israel: none might go out nor enter in.
George Lamsa Translation
NOW Jericho was shut up because of the presence of the children of Israel; none went out and none came in.
Good News Translation
The gates of Jericho were kept shut and guarded to keep the Israelites out. No one could enter or leave the city.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.
Revised Standard Version
Now Jericho was shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none came in.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.
Christian Standard Bible®
Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering.
Hebrew Names Version
Now Yericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Yisra'el: none went out, and none came in.
King James Version
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Lexham English Bible
Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the presence of the Israelites; no one was going out or coming in.
Literal Translation
And Jericho was closed, and was shut in from the face of the sons of Israel; no one going out, and no one coming in.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for Iericho, it was shut & kepte because of the childre of Israel, so that no man mighte go out ner in.
THE MESSAGE
Jericho was shut up tight as a drum because of the People of Israel: no one going in, no one coming out.
New American Standard Bible
Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.
New King James Version
Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.
New Living Translation
Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out, and no one came in.

Contextual Overview

1Now Jericho [a fortified city with high walls] was tightly closed because [of the people's fear] of the sons of Israel; no one went out or came in.2The LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty warriors. 3"Now you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do this [once each day] for six days. 4"Also, seven priests shall carry seven trumpets [made] of rams' horns ahead of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5"When they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall cry out with a great shout (battle cry); and the wall of the city will fall down in its place, and the people shall go up, each man [going] straight ahead [climbing over the rubble]."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was straitly: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up, Joshua 2:7, 2 Kings 17:4

because: Joshua 2:9-14, Joshua 2:24, Psalms 127:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:12 - the land Joshua 2:1 - even Jericho Joshua 9:3 - Jericho Joshua 16:7 - Jericho Joshua 18:12 - Jericho Joshua 18:21 - Jericho Joshua 24:11 - the men Psalms 78:55 - cast Ezekiel 1:26 - the appearance of a man Habakkuk 3:12 - didst march Luke 19:1 - Jericho John 1:18 - he hath Acts 5:1 - General Hebrews 11:33 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jericho was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel,.... Or "it shut up", or "was shutting, and was shut up" u; 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.

u סגרת ומסגרת "claudens et clausa", Montanus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse is strictly parenthetical. It is inserted to explain the declaration commenced Joshua 5:14, and interrupted by Joshua’s question and obeisance Joshua 5:14-15, but resumed in Joshua 6:2.

Straitly shut up - See the margin, i. e., not only shut, but barred and bolted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VI

The inhabitants of Jericho close their gates, 1.

Continuation of the discourse between the captain of the Lord's

host and Joshua. He commands the people to march round the city

six days, the seven priests blowing with their trumpets; and to

give a general shout, while marching round it on the seventh,

and promises that then the walls of the city shall fall down,

2-5.

Joshua delivers these directions to the priests and to the

people, 6, 7.

The priests and people obey; the order of their procession,

8-16.

He commands them to spare the house of Rahab, 17,

and not to touch any part of the property of the city, the whole

of which God had devoted to destruction, 18, 19.

On the seventh day the walls fall down, and the Israelites take

the city, 20, 21.

The spies are ordered to take care of Rahab and her family-the

city is burnt, but the silver, gold, brass, and iron, are put

into the treasury of the house of the Lord, 22-24.

Rahab dwells among the Israelites, 25;

and the city is laid under a curse, 26.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI

Verse Joshua 6:1. Now Jericho was straitly shut up — The king of Jericho, finding that the spies had escaped, though the city was always kept shut by night, took the most proper precaution to prevent every thing of the kind in future, by keeping the city shut both day and night, having, no doubt, laid in a sufficiency of provisions to stand a siege, being determined to defend himself to the uttermost.


 
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