Joshua 6:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Josh 2:7 : 7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shown you kindness, that you will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: 13 And that you will save my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you do not reveal this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
  • Josh 2:24 : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
  • 2 Kgs 17:4 : 4 But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and had brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

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  • Josh 6:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valor.

    3And you shall surround the city, all you men of war, and go around the city once. You shall do this for six days.

  • Josh 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went and entered a prostitute's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house: for they have come to search out all the country.

  • Josh 6:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout; then shall you shout.

    11So the ark of the LORD went around the city, circling it once: and they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

  • Josh 6:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14And the second day they surrounded the city once, and returned to the camp: this they did for six days.

    15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawn of the day, and surrounded the city in the same manner seven times: only on that day they surrounded the city seven times.

    16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has given you the city.

    17And the city shall be accursed, it and all that are in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

  • Josh 6:20-27
    8 verses
    74%

    20So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

    21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

    22But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.

    23And the young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; and they brought out all her relatives, and left them outside the camp of Israel.

    24And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

    25And Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even to this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    26And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.

    27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame spread throughout all the country.

  • Ezek 44:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then he brought me back by way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.

    2Then the LORD said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, therefore it shall be shut.

  • Josh 10:30
    73%

    30And the LORD delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Heb 11:30
    72%

    30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

  • Josh 6:7
    72%

    7And he said to the people, Proceed, and surround the city, and let him who is armed go on before the ark of the LORD.

  • Josh 6:5
    72%

    5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.

  • Josh 16:7
    71%

    7And it descended from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

  • Josh 5:1
    71%

    1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan before the children of Israel, until we had crossed over, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Luke 19:1
    71%

    1And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

  • Josh 24:11
    71%

    11And you went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

    17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel; and they left the city open and pursued after Israel.

  • Josh 2:7
    70%

    7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.

  • Num 22:1
    70%

    1And the children of Israel set out, and camped in the plains of Moab on this side of the Jordan by Jericho.

  • Josh 4:1
    70%

    1And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 4:19
    69%

    19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

  • Josh 5:10
    69%

    10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 11:13
    69%

    13But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only; that Joshua burned.

  • Josh 16:1
    69%

    1And the portion of the children of Joseph began at the Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that rises from Jericho throughout Mount Bethel,

  • Josh 3:1
    69%

    1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

  • Josh 3:16
    69%

    16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the Salt Sea, failed and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

  • Josh 10:20
    69%

    20And it happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the rest who remained entered into fortified cities.

  • Neh 7:36
    69%

    36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

  • Josh 8:22
    69%

    22And the others issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them so that none of them remained or escaped.

  • Ezra 2:34
    68%

    34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

  • 1 Kgs 16:34
    68%

    34In his days, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Josh 12:9
    68%

    9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;