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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Joshua 2:5 in context
Joshua 2:2–8
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The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
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Jericho’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.”
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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.
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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.”
6
But 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.
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The 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.
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Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
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