Joshua 8:5
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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,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.
In other translations
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,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.
Hebrew words
וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אִתִּי'iti[is] with meH854נִקְרַבnikravwe will draw nearH7126אֶל־'el-toH413הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כִּי־ki-thatH3588יֵצְאוּyetze'uthey will come outH3318לִקְרָאתֵנוּlikratenuto meet usH7122כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834בָּרִאשֹׁנָהbarishonahat the first [time]H7223וְנַסְנוּvenasnuand we will fleeH5127לִפְנֵיהֶם׃lifneihem<to> before themH6440
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Related verses
- Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.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.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Judges 20:31-3331 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.31 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. 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.” 33 So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
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People and places
Places: Ai