saying, “We found the prison locked with maximum security and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened up, we found no one inside.”
Joshua 2:7 - Tree of Life Version So the men pursued them on the road to the fords of the Jordan. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, they shut the gate. 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. |
saying, “We found the prison locked with maximum security and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened up, we found no one inside.”
So when it was time to shut the gate at dark, the men went out, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.”
But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax that she had spread out on the roof.
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. So when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
He said to them, “Follow me, for Adonai has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and allowed no one to cross over.