Joshua 6:1
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Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.

Joshua 2:7 Now 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.

2 Kings 17:4 And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee, endeavouring to rebel, had sent messengers to Sua, the king of Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had done every year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison.

because

Joshua 2:9-14,24 I 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. . . .

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

Context
The Walls of Jericho
1Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.2And the Lord said to Joshua: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men.…
Cross References
Joshua 5:15
Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did as was commanded him.

Joshua 6:2
And the Lord said to Joshua: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men.

Lexicon
Now Jericho
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ (wî·rî·ḥōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3405: Jericho -- a city in the Jordan Valley captured by Joshua

was tightly shut up
סֹגֶ֣רֶת (sō·ḡe·reṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender

because of
מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the Israelites—
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

no one
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

went out
יוֹצֵ֖א (yō·w·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and no one
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

came in.
בָּֽא׃ (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go


Additional Translations
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

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

Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.

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

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

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

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

(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;)
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