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Joshua 2:5
“It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them.”
Verse in context — Joshua 2
The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.
The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them.
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
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