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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְהָאֲנָשִׁיםveha'anashimand the menH582רָדְפוּradefuthey pursuedH7291אַחֲרֵיהֶם'achareihemafter themH310דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] road ofH1870הַיַּרְדֵּןhaiyardenthe JordanH3383עַל'altoH5921הַמַּעְבְּרוֹתhama'berotthe fordsH4569וְהַשַּׁעַרvehasha'arand the gateH8179סָגָרוּsagarupeople closedH5462אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust whenH834יָצְאוּyatze'uthey had gone outH3318הָרֹדְפִיםharodefimthe pursuersH7291אַחֲרֵיהֶם׃'achareihemafter themH310
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Related verses
- 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.“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.
- 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.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 5:23Saying, 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.“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
- 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;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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