Joshua 2:7 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:7

So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The sense is, that “they pursued along the way which leads to Jordan and across the fords;” probably those described in Jdg 3:28.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The first and second immediately below the sea of Galilee; the third and fourth immediately above and below the pilgrims' bathing-place, opposite Jericho. as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate--This precaution was to ensure the capture of the spies, should they have been lurking in the city. THE COVENANT BETWEEN HER AND THEM.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	ve.ha.'a.na.Shim	and the men	H582 →
רָדְפ֤וּ	ra.de.Fu	they pursued	H7291 →
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙	'a.cha.rei.Hem	after them	H310 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] road of	H1870 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →
עַ֖ל	'al	to	H5921 →
הַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹת	ha.ma'.be.Rot	the fords	H4569 →
וְהַשַּׁ֣עַר	ve.ha.Sha.'ar	and the gate	H8179 →
סָגָ֔רוּ	sa.Ga.ru	people closed	H5462 →
אַחֲרֵ֕י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just when	H834 →
יָצְא֥וּ	ya.tze.'U	they had gone out	H3318 →
הָרֹדְפִ֖ים	ha.ro.de.Fim	the pursuers	H7291 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.cha.rei.Hem	after them	H310 →

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

The walk8

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
Judges 3:28
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did…
leads to
- Judges 7:24
  Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 12:5
  The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he…
- Judges 7:15
  When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your…
- 1 Samuel 17:47
  And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our…
- Judges 7:9
  That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
Through
Judges 12:5
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he…
leads to
- Judges 3:28
  “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did…
Through
Acts 5:23
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
leads to
- Psalms 2:4
  The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Psalms 33:10
  The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.