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Joshua 2:7

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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.

And the men {H582} pursued {H7291} after {H310} them the way {H1870} to Jordan {H3383} unto the fords {H4569}: and as soon as they which pursued {H7291} after {H310} them were gone out {H3318}, they shut {H5462} the gate {H8179}.

The men pursued them all the way to the fords at the Yarden; as soon as the pursuit party had left, the gate was shut.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 3:28 (3 votes)

    And 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.

  • Joshua 2:5 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Acts 5:23 (2 votes)

    Saying, 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.

  • Judges 12:5 (2 votes)

    And 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;