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Joshua 6:1 KJV
Joshua · chapter 6 · verse 1
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.Joshua 6:1 · King James Version
Joshua 6:1 in context
1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- straitlyçâgarto shut upH5462 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- JerichoYᵉrîychôwJericho or Jerecho, a place in PalestineH3405 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We have here a contest between God and the men of Jericho, and their different resolutions, upon which it is easy to say whose word shall prevail. I. Jericho resolves Israel shall not be its master, Jos 6:1. It was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5