Joshua 2:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

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  • Judg 3:28 : 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
  • Josh 2:5 : 5 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

    4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

    5and 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.

    6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

    17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

    23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

    11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  • Gen 19:6
    73%

    6And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

    11And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

    5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.

  • Judg 3:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

    24Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

  • Judg 3:28
    70%

    28And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

  • Gen 7:16
    70%

    16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

  • Ezek 44:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

    2And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
    69%

    21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

    17And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

  • Judg 9:51
    68%

    51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    68%

    17Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
    68%

    33He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

  • Josh 8:6
    68%

    6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;