Joshua 6:1 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 6:1

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This verse is strictly parenthetical. It is inserted to explain the declaration commenced Jos 5:14, and interrupted by Joshua’s question and obeisance Jos 5:14-15, but resumed in Jos 6:2. Straitly shut up - See the margin, i. e., not only shut, but barred and bolted.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It did shut up, and it was shut up (so it is in the margin); it did shut up itself, being strongly fortified both by art and nature, and it was shut up by the obstinacy and resolution of the inhabitants, who agreed never to surrender nor so much as sound a parley; none went out as deserters or to treat of peace, nor were any admitted in to offer peace.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙	vi.ri.Cho	and Jericho	H3405 →
סֹגֶ֣רֶת	so.Ge.ret	[was] shutting	H5462 →
וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת	u.me.su.Ge.ret	and shut up	H5462 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	<from> because of	H6440 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
יוֹצֵ֖א	yo.Tze'	[was one] going out	H3318 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
בָּֽא׃ ס	Ba'	[was one] coming	H935 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7
  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- Proverbs 21:30–31
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9–15
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Psalms 33:16–18
  No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Through
Joshua 2:24
“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
leads to
- Exodus 23:31
  And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…
- Joshua 21:44–45
  And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
Through
Joshua 2:7
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
leads to
- Judges 3:28
  “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did…