Josué 2:5

5 Salieron de la ciudad al anochecer, cuando las puertas estaban por cerrar. No sé hacia dónde fueron. Si se apresuran, probablemente los alcancen».

Josué 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:5

And it came to pass, [about the time] of the shutting of the
gate
Of the city, which was done every night, and at a certain time:

when it was dark;
the sun set, and night come on:

that the men went out;
out of her house, and out of the city too, as she said, though it was a downright lie, as well as what follows:

whither the men went I wot not;
though she knew they were not gone, but were now in her house; she might not scruple telling a lie, being brought up a Heathen, and being done with a design to save the lives of persons that belonged to a people she was persuaded were the people of God, and to whom he had given the land; though her lies are not to be justified; evil is not to be done that good may come; nor are men to tell lies one to another upon any account; but these sins, with others, the Lord forgave her:

pursue after them quickly, and ye shall overtake them;
this she encouraged them to do, to get rid of them the sooner, and to remove all suspicion of her having any respect for them, and of being concerned in concealing them.

Josué 2:5 In-Context

3 Entonces el rey de Jericó le envío una orden a Rahab: «Saca fuera a los hombres que llegaron a tu casa, porque han venido a espiar todo el territorio».

4 Rahab, quien había escondido a los dos hombres, respondió: «Es cierto, los hombres pasaron por aquí, pero yo no sabía de dónde venían.

5 Salieron de la ciudad al anochecer, cuando las puertas estaban por cerrar. No sé hacia dónde fueron. Si se apresuran, probablemente los alcancen».

6 (En realidad, la mujer había llevado a los hombres a la azotea de su casa y los había escondido debajo de unos manojos de lino que había puesto allí).

7 Entonces los hombres del rey buscaron a los espías por todo el camino que lleva a los vados del río Jordán. Y justo después que los hombres del rey se fueron, cerraron la puerta de Jericó.