Joshua 2:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And certaine men pursued after them, the way to Iorden, vnto the foordes, and as soone as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate.

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  • Judg 3:28 : 28 Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 Also the Gileadites tooke the passages of Iorden before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, saide, Let me passe, then the men of Gilead said vnto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 Saying, Certainely we founde the prison shut as sure as was possible, and the keepers standing without, before the doores: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
  • Josh 2:5 : 5 And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Then Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and also Iericho: and they went, and came into an harlots house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

    2Then report was made to the King of Iericho, saying, Beholde, there came men hither to night, of the children of Israel, to spie out the countrey.

    3And the King of Iericho sent vnto Rahab, saying, Bring foorth the men that are come to thee, and which are entred into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land.

    4(But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.

    5And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

    6(But she had brought them vp to the roofe of the house, and hidde them with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had spread abroad vpo the roofe)

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14And the men answered her, Our life for you to die, if ye vtter not this our businesse: and when the Lorde hath giuen vs the lande, we will deale mercifully and truely with thee.

    15Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

    16And she said vnto them, Goe you into the mountaine, least the pursuers meete with you, and hide your selues there three dayes, vntill the pursuers be returned: then afterwarde may yee goe your way.

    17And the men said vnto her, We will be blamelesse of this thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this cord of red threde in the window, whereby thou lettest vs downe, and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, & all thy fathers houshold home to thee.

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, & they departed, & she bound the red cord in ye window.

    22And they departed, and came into the mountaine, and there abode three dayes, vntil the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but founde them not.

    23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, and passed ouer, and came to Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and tolde him all things that came vnto them.

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them & shut to ye doore.

    11Then they smote the men that were at the doore of the house with blindnes both small and great, so that they were wearie in seeking the doore.

  • Gen 19:6
    73%

    6Then Lot went out at the doore vnto them, and shut the doore after him,

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

    11And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

    5So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes; they brought to her, and she powred out.

  • Judg 3:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Then Ehud gate him out into the porch, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.

    24And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1Now Iericho was shut vp, and closed, because of the children of Israel: none might go out nor enter in.

  • Judg 3:28
    70%

    28Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her.

  • Gen 7:16
    70%

    16And they entring in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3And I saide vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened, vntill the heate of the sunne: and while they stande by, let them shut the doores, and make them fast: and I appointed wardes of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, euery one in his warde, and euery one ouer against his house.

  • Ezek 44:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Then he brought me towarde the gate of the outwarde Sanctuarie, which turneth towarde the East, and it was shut.

    2Then saide the Lorde vnto me, This gate shalbe shut, and shall not bee opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lorde God of Israel hath entred by it, and it shalbe shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6And the gate of the olde fishpoole fortified Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah: they laid the beames thereof, and set on the doores thereof, and the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
    69%

    21Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, & were drawen away out of the city,

    17So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.

  • Judg 9:51
    68%

    51But there was a strong towre within the citie, and thither fledde all the men and women, and all the chiefe of the citie, and shut it to them, and went vp to the toppe of the towre.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5Also the Gileadites tooke the passages of Iorden before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, saide, Let me passe, then the men of Gilead said vnto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25And when hee had shewed them the waie into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sworde, but they let the man and all his housholde depart.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    68%

    17But called his seruant that serued him, & sayd, Put this woman now out from me, & locke the doore after her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
    68%

    33He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.

  • Josh 8:6
    68%

    6For they wil come out after vs, till we haue brought them out of the citie: for they will say, They flee before vs as at the first time: so we will flee before them.