THEOSISJoshua 6:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ין יוֹצֵ֖א וְאֵ֥ין בָּֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 2:9I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.
- Josh 2:14They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth.
- Josh 2:24And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.
- Ps 127 (126):1
- Josh 2:7Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.