Joshua 2:5 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:5

At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

BSB

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ASV

and 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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Cassian

CONFERENCE 17.17.1-2 (435)

This was the case with Rahab. Scripture not only recalls nothing virtuous about her but even speaks of her immorality. Yet for her lie alone, whereby she chose to conceal the spies rather than betray them, she deserved to share an eternal blessing with the people of God.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When it was dark - So it appears that it was after night that the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, ordering her to produce the persons who lodged with her. The season itself was friendly to the whole plot: had these transactions taken place in daylight, it is scarcely possible that the spies could have escaped. But this is no excuse for the woman’s prevarication, for God could have saved his messengers independently of her falsity. God never says to any, Do evil that good may come of it. See at the end of the chapter, Jos 2:24 (note).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֨י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
הַשַּׁ֜עַר	ha.Sha.'ar	the gate	H8179 →
לִסְגּ֗וֹר	lis.Gor	[about] to shut	H5462 →
בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙	ba.Cho.shekh	at <the> darkness	H2822 →
וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים	ve.ha.'a.na.Shim	and the men	H582 →
יָצָ֔אוּ	ya.Tza.'u	they went out	H3318 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָדַ֔עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	I know	H3045 →
אָ֥נָה	'A.nah	where?	H575 →
הָלְכ֖וּ	ha.le.Khu	did they go	H1980 →
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
רִדְפ֥וּ	rid.Fu	pursue	H7291 →
מַהֵ֛ר	ma.Her	quickly	H4118 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.cha.rei.Hem	after them	H310 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
תַשִּׂיגֽוּם׃	ta.si.Gum	you will overtake them	H5381 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 50:20
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for…
leads to
- Micah 7:19
  He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Jeremiah 31:34
  No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I…
- Isaiah 43:25
  I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Through
Isaiah 60:11
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
leads to
- Revelation 21:25–26
  Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
- Isaiah 60:5
  Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will…
Through
Revelation 21:25
Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
leads to
- Isaiah 60:11
  Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
- Revelation 22:5
  There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- Zechariah 14:7
  It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.