Joshua Chapter 2 verse 22 Holy Bible
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.
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And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.
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And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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And they went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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They went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
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And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Three days--i.e., probably until the completion of three days from the commencement of their mission, according to the usual inclusive reckoning of the Old Testament.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewSo the [spies] went outוַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gointo the hill countryהָהָ֔רָה (hā·hā·rāh)Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill countryand stayedוַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marrythereשָׁם֙ (šām)AdverbStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherthreeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)Number - masculine singular constructStrong's 7969: Three, third, thricedays,יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3117: A dayuntilעַד־ (‘aḏ-)PrepositionStrong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, whiletheir pursuersהָרֹדְפִ֑ים (hā·rō·ḏə·p̄îm)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecutehad returnedשָׁ֖בוּ (šā·ḇū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againwithoutוְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nofinding them,מָצָֽאוּ׃ (mā·ṣā·’ū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be presenthaving searchedוַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּ (way·ḇaq·šū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1245: To search out, to strive afterallבְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyalong the road.הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ)Article | Noun - common singularStrong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of actionJump to PreviousAbide Abode Country Departed Everywhere Hill Hill-Country Hills Mountain Pursuers Road Search Searched Searching Seek Sought Three Throughout Turned Way
