Joshua 2:5

and just about the hour for shutting the town gate, when it was dark, the men went off. Where they went, I do not know. Quick, pursue them, for you will overtake them.”

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

In Context

4The woman, who had taken the two men and hidden them, replied, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they came from,

6Now she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax which she had arranged on the roof.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:7The pursuers went by the road to the Jordan, as far as the fords, and as soon as they left the town the gate was shut.

Revelation 21:25Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there.

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 →

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