SinaiJoshua 2:5
World English Bible
About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
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Joshua 2:5 in other translations
and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.
Joshua 2:5 in context
- 3Jericho’s king 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.”
- 4The 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.
- 5About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
- 6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
- 7The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.