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Joshua 2:7

American Standard Version

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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Joshua 2:7 in other translations

The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Joshua 2:7 · World English Bible

Joshua 2:7 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 7And 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.
  4. 8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
  5. 9and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.