Yosua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ¹  was shut tightly ²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ³ 

Yosua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ⁴  they all went out after Israel. ⁵  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

[6:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ² tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

[6:1]  ³ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[8:17]  ⁴ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”