Joshua 2:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 3:28 : 28 He said to them,“Follow me, for the LORD is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“No,”
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
  • Josh 2:5 : 5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.

    2The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

    3So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:“Turn over the men who came to you– the ones who came to your house– for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

    4But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

    5When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

    6(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

    15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

    16She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”

    17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

    18When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.

    22They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.

    23Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

  • Gen 19:10-11
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    75%

    10So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

    11Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

  • Gen 19:6
    73%

    6Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

    11The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

    5So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.

  • Judg 3:23-24
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    71%

    23As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

    24When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said,“He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.

  • Judg 3:28
    70%

    28He said to them,“Follow me, for the LORD is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”

  • Gen 7:16
    70%

    16Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.

  • Neh 7:3
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    3I said to them,“The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

  • Ezek 44:1-2
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    69%

    1The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

    2The LORD said to me:“This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
    69%

    21She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s bed. She shut the door behind her and left.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

  • Judg 9:51
    68%

    51There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“No,”

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    68%

    17He called his personal attendant and said to him,“Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
    68%

    33He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the LORD.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4Gideon Tracks Down the Midianite Kings Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

  • Josh 8:6
    68%

    6They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say,‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.