Joshua 2:5

The Passion Translation

They left at sundown, just before the city gates were closed at night. Who knows where they went. Quick! Go after them, and maybe you can catch them!”

Cross References

Isaiah 60:11

Your gateways will always remain wide open around the clock to let in the procession of kings bringing their constant stream of the riches of the nations.

Jeremiah 50:20

I, Yahweh, declare that at that time, you may look for Israel’s guilt, but it will disappear, you may search for Judah’s sins, but you will not find them, for I will forgive the remnant whose lives I have spared.”

Ezekiel 47:12

“Along both banks of the river, every kind of fruit tree will flourish. And their leaves will never wither, and abundant fruit will always be on their branches. Each month they will bear a fresh crop of fruit because this life-giving water comes from inside the sanctuary. And their fruit will be good to eat, and the leaves will bring healing.”

Joshua 2:4

But Rahab had already hidden the two men. “Yes,” she said. “The men came to me, but I had no idea where they were from.

Joshua 2:6

(Rahab had hidden the men on her rooftop under stalks of flax she had spread out to dry on the roof.)

Joshua 2:7

So the men of Jericho went out to search for the spies, and the city gates were shut behind them. They searched for them as far as where the path crosses the Jordan.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut by day—standing always open—because there is no night there.