Joshua 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

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  • Judg 3:28 : 28 And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.
  • Josh 2:5 : 5 And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    2And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

    3Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

    4And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

    5And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

    6But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you.

    15Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.

    16And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.

    17And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,

    18If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

    22And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

    23Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

    11But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.

  • Gen 19:6
    73%

    6And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

    11Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

    5So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.

  • Judg 3:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.

    24Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

  • Judg 3:28
    70%

    28And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

  • Gen 7:16
    70%

    16Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

  • Ezek 44:1-2
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    69%

    1And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.

    2And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
    69%

    21Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

    17There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.

  • Judg 9:51
    68%

    51But in the middle of the town there was a strong tower, to which all the men and women of the town went in flight and, shutting themselves in, went up to the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    68%

    17Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
    68%

    33So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

  • Josh 8:6
    68%

    6And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;