KJV 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.
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Joshua 2:7
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
Surrounding context — Joshua 2
4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]:
5 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.
6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7 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.
8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםH582 · e.noshhumanרָדְפ֤וּH7291 · ra.daphto pursueאַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙H310 · a.charafterדֶּ֣רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןH3383 · yar.denJordanעַ֖לH5921 · aluponהַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹתH4569 · ma.a.varfordוְהַשַּׁ֣עַרH8179 · sha.argateסָגָ֔רוּH5462 · sa.garto shutאַחֲרֵ֕יH310 · a.charafterכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רH834 · a.sherwhichיָצְא֥וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeהָרֹדְפִ֖יםH7291 · ra.daphto pursueאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃H310 · a.charafter
Cross-references
Judges 3:28And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.Acts 5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.Joshua 2:5And 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.Judges 12:5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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