World English Bible
Joshua 2:7
“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.”
Verse in context — Joshua 2
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.
Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
and she said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
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Israel conquers and settles the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.
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