Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued them on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan. The gate was shut as soon as the pursuers went out.

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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 had taken them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax that she had laid out on the roof.

8The men had not yet lain down for the night, when she came up to them on the roof.

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Cross References

Judges 3:28He said to them, “Follow me, for Yahweh is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites.” They followed him and they captured the fords of the Jordan across from the Moabites, and they did not allow anyone to cross the river.

Acts 5:23“We found the jail securely shut and the guards standing at the door, but when we had opened it, we found no one inside.”

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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