Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho1 was shut tightly2 because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.3

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1	map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2	tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”
3	tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”