King James Version
Joshua 6:1 in the King James Version says “Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. was: Heb. did shut ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. was: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up”
Joshua 6:1 · KJV
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. was: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once . Thus shalt thou do six days.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“because”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“none went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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