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The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
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The Locked Gate Test
Commentators note that when the city gate was shut, the spies' danger dramatically increased. They were now trapped inside a hostile city. John Calvin suggests this was a new trial from God, designed to force the spies to rely on Him completely. It shows that even when one danger passes, God may use new challenges to deepen our faith and dependence on Him.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sense is, that “they pursued along the way which leads to Jordan and across the fords”; probably those described in (Judges 3:28).<…
16th Century
Protestant
And the men pursued, etc. Their great credulity shows that God had blinded them. Although Rahab had gained much by deluding them, a new co…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the men pursued after them As they thought:
the way to Jordan ; on the oth…
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