Joshua 6:1 meaning and explanation
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Joshua 6:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua 6 opens with Jericho locked down, its gates barred because of the approaching Israelites. The Hebrew verb suggests the city was shut up and closed off, a siege in reverse: the people inside are trapped by fear before a single blow is struck.
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