Joshua 6:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

VI.

(1) Now Jericho... — This verse should be read parenthetically, and Joshua 6:2-5 should be taken as the orders given to Joshua by the captain of the Lord’s host.

Joshua 6:1

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