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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  • WEB 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.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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 shall overtake them.'

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to Joshua 2:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Nehemiah 13:19 It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.
  • Isaiah 60:11 Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
  • Jeremiah 50:20 In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none; also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
  • Ezekiel 47:1-2 He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. Behold, waters ran out on the right side.
  • Ezekiel 47:12 By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”
  • Revelation 21:25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),
  • Joshua 2:7 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.
  • Romans 3:7-8 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

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Explain this verse (9 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 2:5 And it came to pass [about the…

Jos 2:5 And it came to pass [about the time] of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Ver. 5. And it came to pass.] See Jos 2:4.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The time of shutting of the gate; either of…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, about the time of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. When it was dark] So it appears…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain At the time, not precisely, as otherwise the men…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the time of shutting of the gates--The gates of…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. [
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. shutting of the gate] A necessary precaution owing…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I wot not. Much has Been said about Rahab"s…

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