And I and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and when they shall come out against us, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.

For they will come out after us, till we have brought them out of the city: for they will say, They flee before us as at the first time: so we will flee before them.

Then you shall rise up from lying in wait and [a]destroy the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:7 Or, drive out (the inhabitants) of the city.

I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them. They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them, you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hand.(A)

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