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Joshua 8:6

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.

5 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.

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.

8 And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”

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BSB
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,
KJV
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
WEB
They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They flee before us, like the first time.’ So we will flee before them,
ASV
and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
DARBY
And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.
BLB
And they will come out after us until we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before our faces as at the first.’ And we will flee before their faces,
ÅB
Og de vil dra ut etter oss til vi får lokket dem bort fra byen; for de vil tenke: De flykter for oss slik som første gang. Men mens vi flykter for dem,
OTB
De vil forfølge oss til vi har lokket dem bort fra byen, for de vil si: 'De flykter for oss som før.' Så vi vil flykte for dem.
B1930
Og de vil dra ut efter oss til vi får lokket dem bort fra byen; for de vil tenke: De flykter for oss likesom første gang. Men mens vi flykter for dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Judges 20:32

    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

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  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

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  • Exodus 14:3

    For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:11

    When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

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