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Joshua 2:5 KJV
Joshua · chapter 2 · verse 5
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.Joshua 2:5 · King James Version
Joshua 2:5 in context
3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
5And 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.
6But 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.
7And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shuttingçâgarto shut upH5462 →
- quicklymahêrproperly, hurryingH4118 →
- pursuerâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- gateshaʻaran openingH8179 →
- darkchôshekthe darkH2822 →
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In these verses we have, I. The prudence of Joshua, in sending spies to observe this important pass, which was likely to be disputed at the entrance of Israel into Canaan (v. 1). Go view the land, even Jericho. Moses had sent spies (Num. 13) Joshua himself was one of them and it proved of ill consequence.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7