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Joshua 8:5

3 So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

4 with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

6 They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,

7 you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

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BSB
Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
KJV
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
WEB
I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
ASV
and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;
DARBY
And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
BLB
And I and all the people who [are] with me will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us as at the first, that we shall flee before their faces.
ÅB
Men jeg og alt det folk som er med meg, vil dra nær innimot byen, og når de da drar ut mot oss slik som første gang, vil vi flykte for dem.
OTB
Jeg og alt folket med meg vil nærme oss byen, og når de kommer ut for å møte oss som før, vil vi flykte fra dem.
B1930
Men jeg og alt det folk som er med mig, vil dra nær innimot byen, og når de da drar ut mot oss likesom første gang, vil vi flykte for dem.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 7:5

    And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

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  • Judges 20:31–33

    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

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  • Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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