Joshua 2:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which 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 the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before 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 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1¶ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged 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 country.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

    4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]:

    5And 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.

    6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, 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 answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given 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 town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet 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] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us 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 bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8¶ And 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.

    22¶ And 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.

    23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all [things] that befell them:

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10But the men put forth their hand, and pulled 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 at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

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

  • Judg 3:23-24
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    71%

    23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

    24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1¶ Now 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 the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, 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 had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

  • Neh 7:3
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    3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [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%

    1¶ Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it [was] shut.

    2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
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    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 Ai 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 Bethel, 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 [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man 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 the LORD.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

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

  • Josh 8:6
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    6(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.