Joshua 2:7
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Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.

Joshua 2:6
But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

Joshua 2:8
The men that were hid were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:

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Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.

the fords

Judges 3:28 And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies, the Moabites, into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over:

Judges 12:5 And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass: the Galaadites said to him: Art thou not an Ephraimite? If he said: I am not:

they shut

Joshua 2:5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.

Acts 5:23 Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.

Context
Rahab Welcomes the Spies
6But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there. 7Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.
Lexicon
So the [king's] men
וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

set out in pursuit
רָדְפ֤וּ (rā·ḏə·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

[of the spies]
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ (’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

along the road
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the fords
הַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹת (ham·ma‘·bə·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4569: A crossing-place, a transit, overwhelming

of the Jordan,
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

and as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

soon as they
יָצְא֥וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

had gone out,
הָרֹדְפִ֖ים (hā·rō·ḏə·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

the gate
וְהַשַּׁ֣עַר (wə·haš·ša·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

was shut.
סָגָ֔רוּ (sā·ḡā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender


Additional Translations
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.And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

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.

And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

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.

And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
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