Joshua 6:1

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

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Jericho was a fortified Canaanite city in the Jordan Valley, just west of the Jordan River near Israel’s entry into the land. Its sealed gates in this verse highlight both its strategic importance and the humanly impossible obstacle that Israel faced before God gave the city into their hands.

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Joshua 6:1 mentions Jericho.