Joshua 6:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.”
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“Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel--none going out, and none coming in;)”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 6:1 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Joshua 2:7So 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.
- Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- 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.”
- Joshua 16:7From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
- Joshua 18:21These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 10:5When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 2 Kings 2:4And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
- 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
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