Joshua 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sense is, that “they pursued along the way which leads to Jordan and across the fords;” probably those described in Judges 3:28 .
Joshua 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

II. Two Hebrew Spies Visit Jericho and Evade Capture. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11 , Within three days ye are to pass over Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than...
Joshua 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And the men pursued, etc. Their great credulity shows that God had blinded them. Although Rahab had gained much by deluding them, a new course of anxiety intervenes; for the gates being s...
Joshua 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The men pursued after them the way to Jordan u...
Joshua 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Spies at Jericho Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before ( Numbers 13 ). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special...
Joshua 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1-24 . IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God...
Joshua 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Heathen Woman's Act of Faith Joshua 2:1-14 “To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of the Hebrews would certainly betray them, and it did. The sacred writer does not c...
Joshua 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had been one of the two who had brought back a report revealing thei...
Joshua 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The apostle James had it in commission from the Holy Ghost, to tell the church, that the harlot Rahab was justified by works, but then it was, as he observed, the works of faith: meaning that her bel...
Joshua 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men pursued after them ,.... As they thought: the way to Jordan ; on the other side of which the people of Israel lay encamped, to which they supposed, according to Rahab's account, these...
Joshua 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. And the men pursued. ] Not once searching t...
Joshua 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Up to the roof In those countries the roofs of the houses were made quite flat, and it is probable it might be customary to lay the stalks of flax upon them that they might be dried by the heat of...
Joshua 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people ( Deuterono...
Joshua 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Two Spies and Rahab. B. C. 1451. 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two...
Joshua 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fords, or passages, i.e. the usual places where people used to pass over Jordan, whether by boats or bridges; or rather, because of the shallowness of the river, which a little after this swelled h...
Joshua 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the men pursued after them by the way to Jordan, to the fords, and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.' Believing her words the pursuers left the cit...
Joshua 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE MISSION OF THE TWO SPIES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:1 . Joshua sent] Or, as in the margin, had sent. It is probable that the spies had left the camp for Jericho one or two days before the g...
Joshua 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:1-18 . Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now...
Joshua 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:1 . Sent out two spies. Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information. A harlot's house, named Rahab. The word is ren...
Joshua 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. sent out . .. two men to spy. The spies despatched I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; di...
Joshua 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RAHAB AND THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent. Rather, as margin, had sent (see note on Joshua 1:2 ). It might have been at the very time when the...
Joshua 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies at Rahab's House
Joshua 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:23 ; Joshua 2:5 ; Judges 12:5 ; Judges 3:28
Joshua 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Preparing to Possess the Land Joshua 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1-18 , give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's...
Joshua 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fords — Or passages, that is, the places where people used to pass over Jordan, whether by boats or bridges. The gate — Of the city, to prevent the escape of the spies, if peradventure Rahab was mi...

Joshua 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes