Joshua 2:5

New International Reader's Version

They left at sunset, when it was time to close the city gate. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You might catch up with them.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

Evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath day started. So I ordered the gates to be shut. They had to remain closed until the Sabbath day was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates. I told them not to let anything be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates will always stand open. They will never be shut, day or night. Then people can bring you the wealth of the nations. Their kings will come along with them.

Jeremiah 50:20

The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time people will search for Israel’s guilt. But they will not find any. They will search for Judah’s sins. But they will not find any. That is because I will forgive the people I have spared.

Ezekiel 47:12

Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not dry up. The trees will always have fruit on them. Every month they will bear fruit. The water from the temple will flow to them. Their fruit will be used for food. And their leaves will be used for healing.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had hidden the two men. She said, “It’s true that the men came here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:6

But in fact she had taken them up on the roof. There she had hidden them under some flax she had piled up.

Joshua 2:7

The king’s men left to hunt down the spies. They took the road that leads to where the Jordan River can be crossed. As soon as they had gone out of the city, the gate was shut.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut, because there will be no night there.

1 Samuel 19:14

Saul sent the men to capture David. But Michal told them, “He’s sick.”