Joshua 2:7 TSK: So the men pursued them along the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as the search party had left, they shut the city gate after them.

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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.

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Judges 3:28
"Follow me, " he told them, "for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands." So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

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, "

they shut

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!"

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."

Chapter Outline

1. Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim
8. The covenant between her and them
23. Their return and description of events

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New American Standard Bible
So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the gate was shut.

International Standard Version
So the men pursued them along the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as the search party had left, they shut the city gate after them.

NET Bible
Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

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