Verse 7
7. The men pursued after them That is, the men of Jericho pursued, as they thought, after the spies.
The way to Jordan The most direct way to the Jordan, the way which they naturally thought the spies, in their hasty flight, would take.
Unto the fords Hebrews, the crossing places; certain well-known places of shallow water where the Jordan might be waded. There is no intimation that the pursuers crossed the fords. As the plural is used, we infer that there were several places of this kind near Jericho, and that the pursuers took different routes to insure the capture of the fugitives.
They shut the gate To prevent the escape of the spies should they still be in the city, and to secure the city against the ingress of foes by night.
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