Joshua 2:7

Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

8The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:

Read all of Joshua 2

Cross References

Judges 3:28And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.

Acts 5:23Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors; but opening it, we found no man within.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:2-8

The Two Spies and Rahab. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joshua 2:7