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Joshua 2:22

20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

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BSB
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
KJV
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
WEB
They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
ASV
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
DARBY
And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.
BLB
And they departed and went to the mountain and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned. And the pursuers sought [them] all along the way, and did not find [them].
ÅB
De gikk til de kom opp i fjellene; der ble de i tre dager, inntil de som forfulgte dem, var vendt tilbake; og forfølgerne lette på hele veien, men fant dem ikke.
OTB
Da de dro, gikk de til åsene og ble der i tre dager, til forfølgerne hadde lett langs hele veien og kom tilbake uten å finne dem.
B1930
De gikk til de kom op i fjellene; der blev de i tre dager, inntil de som forfulgte dem, var vendt tilbake; og forfølgerne lette på hele veien, men fant dem ikke.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:20

    And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:10–12

    And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

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  • Psalms 32:6–7

    For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

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