20:7 So they selected 1 Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua:
6:1 Now Jericho 2 was shut tightly 3 because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. 4
1 tn Heb “set apart.”
2 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
3 tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”
4 tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”