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I and all the troops[a] who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. They will attack[b] us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them. Then you rise up from your hiding place[c] and seize[d] the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:5 tn Heb “the people.”
  2. Joshua 8:6 tn Heb “come out after.”
  3. Joshua 8:7 tn Heb “from the ambush.”
  4. Joshua 8:7 tn Heb “take possession of.”

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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