Joshua 6:1

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Jericho's gates were shut and barred because of the Israelites. Nobody was allowed in or out.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:5

When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet them, because they were very embarrassed. The king instructed them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have re-grown, and then you can return.”

2 Kings 17:4

But then the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was being disloyal. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for help, and he also had stopped sending annual tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done previously. So the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

2 Kings 2:4

Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, Elisha, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” He replied, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

Psalm 127:1

If the Lord doesn't build the house, the work of the builders is futile. If the Lord doesn't guard the city, the work of the guards is pointless.

Joshua 16:7

From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, then touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.

Joshua 18:21

These were the towns of the tribe of Benjamin, according to families: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two spies from Shittim. “Go and explore the land, especially around Jericho,” he told them. So they went, and stayed at the house of woman named Rahab, a prostitute. There they spent the night.

Joshua 2:24

“The Lord has placed this land in our hands,” they assured him. “All the people who live there are scared to death of us!”

Joshua 2:7

The king's messengers went chasing after the men down the road that leads to the Jordan River fords. As soon as the pursuers had left, the city gate was shut behind them.

Joshua 5:15

The commander of the Lord's army told Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you're standing is holy ground.” Joshua did so.

Joshua 6:2

But the Lord told Joshua, “I'm handing over the city of Jericho to you, along with its king and its army of warriors.