Joshua 10:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joshua answered, “Roll some big stones over the mouth of the cave and leave a few soldiers to guard it.

Cross References

Job 21:30

that those who do wrong never suffer disaster, when God becomes angry.

Amos 5:19

You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.

Amos 9:1

I saw a vision of the LORD standing by the temple altar, and he said, “Shake the columns until the tops fall loose, and the doorposts crumble. Then make the pieces fall on the people below. I will take a sword and kill anyone who escapes.

Matthew 27:66

So they sealed it tight and placed soldiers there to guard it.

Joshua 10:17

Joshua's soldiers told him, “The five kings have been found in a cave near Makkedah.”

Joshua 10:19

But you and everyone else must keep following the enemy troops, because they will be safe if they reach their walled towns. Don't let them get away! The LORD our God is helping us get rid of them.”

Joshua 10:22

Joshua told his soldiers, “Now, move the rocks from the entrance to the cave and bring those five kings to me.”