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Read Full Chapter (Joshua 2) Joshua 2:7 KJV
"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."
Joshua 2:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
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And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
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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.
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But 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.
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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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¶ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.*
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For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.