And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them."
Joshua 2:5
Surrounding context
2:4 Then the woman took the two men and hid them. So she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
2:5 And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them."
2:6 (But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)