Joshua 6:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW JERICHO [a fenced town with high walls] was tightly closed because of the Israelites; no one went out or came in.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Common English Bible

¹ Now Jericho was closed up tightly because of the Israelites. No one went out or came in.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Jericho was closed as well as fortified, out of fear of the sons of Israel, and no one dared to depart or to enter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.

Joshua 6:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:5

When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

2 Kings 2:4

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, tarry here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Joshua 16:7

then it goes down from Jan-oah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.

Joshua 18:21

Now the cities of the tribe of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

Joshua 2:1

And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of us.”

Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

Joshua 5:15

And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, “Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Joshua 6:2

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