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Joshua 2:7

Jordan

5 At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

6 (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

9 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

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BSB
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
KJV
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.
WEB
The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
ASV
And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
DARBY
And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.
BLB
And the men pursued them by the road to the Jordan to the fords, and they shut the gate afterward, when those who pursued them had gone out.
ÅB
Så satte mennene etter dem på veien til Jordan, til vadestedene; og porten ble lukket, så snart de som satte etter dem, var gått ut.
OTB
Så forfulgte mennene dem langs veien til vadestedene ved Jordan, og så snart forfølgerne hadde gått ut, ble porten stengt.
B1930
Så satte mennene efter dem på veien til Jordan, til vadestedene; og porten blev lukket, så snart de som satte efter dem, var gått ut.

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Cross references

  • Judges 3:28

    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

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  • Joshua 2:5

    At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

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  • Acts 5:23

    “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

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  • Judges 12:5

    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

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