Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 2:7

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the foords : and assoon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate .

Or passages, i. e. The usual places where people used to pass over Iordan, whether by Boats or Bridges; or rather, because of the shallowness of the River, which a little after this, swelled higher, as the History will tell us; and as it is very usual for Rivers to do.

Of the City, partly for their security against their approaching Enemies; and partly to prevent the escape of the Spies, if peradventure Rahab was mistaken, and they yet lurked in the City.