Joshua 2:7
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2:7Meanwhile14 the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River15 near the fords.16 The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.17
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- 14 Another way to translate vv. 6–7 would be, “While she took them up to the roof and hid them …, the king’s men tried to find them.…” Both of the main clauses have the subject prior to the predicate, perhaps indicating simultaneous action. (On the grammatical point, see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 42, §235.) In this case Rahab moves the Israelite spies from the hiding place referred to in v. 4 to a safer and less accessible hiding place.
- 15 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.
- 16 Heb “And the men chased after them [on] the road [leading to] the Jordan to the fords.” The text is written from the perspective of the king’s men. As far as they were concerned, they were chasing the spies.
- 17 Heb “And they shut the gate after—as soon as the ones chasing after them went out.” The expressions “after” and “as soon as” may represent a conflation of alternate readings.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the city gate was shut.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So the king’s men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king’s men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So the men chased after them on the way to the Jordan at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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