Joshua 6:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of Bnei-Yisrael—no one going out and no one coming in.

More versions

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 they informed David, he sent word to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow, then return.”

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea conspiring—he had sent messengers to King So of Egypt, and had not paid the tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done every year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him and put him in prison.

2 Kings 2:4

Then Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here please, for Adonai has sent me on to Jericho.” But he said, “As Adonai lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

Psalm 127:1

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Adonai builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless Adonai watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain.

Joshua 16:7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

Joshua 18:21

Now the towns of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their clans were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Shittim saying: “Go, explore the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

Joshua 2:24

“Surely Adonai has given all the land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all the inhabitants of the land have melted in fear before us.”

Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued them on the road to the fords of the Jordan. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, they shut the gate.

Joshua 5:15

Then the commander of Adonai’s army replied to Joshua, “Take your sandal off of your foot, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Joshua 6:2

Then Adonai said to Joshua, “Look, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty warriors.