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.

And when ye have taken the city, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do: behold, I have charged you.

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Footnotes

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

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) When you have taken the city, set it on fire.(B) Do what the Lord has commanded.(C) See to it; you have my orders.”

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