Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
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Gill's Exposition
Now Jericho was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel,.... Or "it shut up", or "was shutting, and was shut up" (u); that is, the king and the inhabitants shut it up within; the Targum…
Barnes' Notes
This verse is strictly parenthetical. It is inserted to explain the declaration commenced Jos 5:14, and interrupted by Joshua’s question and obeisance Jos 5:14-15, but resumed in Jos 6:2. Straitly…
Adam Clarke
Now Jericho was straitly shut up - The king of Jericho, finding that the spies had escaped, though the city was always kept shut by night, took the most proper precaution to prevent every thing of the…
We have here a contest between God and the men of Jericho, and their different resolutions, upon which it is easy to say whose word shall prevail.
I. Jericho resolves Israel shall not be its master,…
Cambridge Bible
Jos 6:1. Now Jericho This verse is strictly parenthetical, and states the Historical circumstance which gave occasion for this Divine intervention.
was straitly shut up Vulg. "clausa erat atque…