The men said, “The jail was closed and locked. The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!”
Joshua 2:7 - Easy To Read Version So the king’s men went out of the city, and the people closed the city gates. The king’s men went to look for the two men from Israel. They went to the Jordan River and looked at all the places where people cross the river. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the men pursued them to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone, the city's gate was shut. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The men from Jericho chased after them in the direction of the Jordan up to the fords. As soon as those chasing them went out, the gate was shut behind them. Catholic Public Domain Version But those who had been sent pursued after them along the way that leads to the ford of the Jordan. And as soon as they went out, the gate was closed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut. |
The men said, “The jail was closed and locked. The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!”
In the evening, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don’t know where they went. But if you go quickly, maybe you can catch them.”
(Rahab said those things, but really, she had taken the men up to the roof, [2] and she was hiding them in the hay [3] she had piled up there.)
The two men were ready to sleep for the night. But Rahab went to the roof and talked to them.
The men of Gilead captured the places where people cross the Jordan River. Those places led to the country of Ephraim. Any time a survivor from Ephraim came to the river and said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from Ephraim?” If he said, “No,”
Ehud said to the people of Israel, “Follow me! The Lord has helped us to defeat our enemies, the people of Moab.”