Joshua 8:15
13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
- KJV
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- WEB
- Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- ASV
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- DARBY
- And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
- BLB
- And Joshua and all Israel were struck before their faces, and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
- ÅB
- Og Josva og hele Israel lot seg slå av dem og flyktet bortimot ørkenen.
- OTB
- Josva og hele Israel lot som om de var slått foran dem og flyktet mot ødemarken.
- B1930
- Og Josva og hele Israel lot sig slå av dem og flyktet bortimot ørkenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Read in contextJoshua 15:61
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Read in contextJoshua 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Read in contextJudges 20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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