Joshua 2:7 - King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

⁷ And the men went after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords. And they shut the gate afterwards, when the pursuers had gone after them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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.

Joshua 2:7 Cross References

Acts 5:23

saying, Indeed we found the jail having been shut in all security, and the guards outside standing before the doors. But opening it, we found no one inside.

Joshua 2:5

And it happened as the gate was to be shut at dark, even the men went out. I do not know where they have gone. You go after them, and hurry, for you may overtake them.

Joshua 2:6

But she made them go up on the roof, and hid them with stalks of flax, which she arranged on the roof.

Joshua 2:8

And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.

Judges 12:5

And Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim. And it happened when the fugitives from Ephraim said, Let me pass over, even the men of Gilead said to him, You are an Ephraimite. And he said, No.

Judges 3:28

And he said to them, Follow me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites. And they did not allow a man to pass over.