Joshua 8:15 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁵ Joshua and all the men of Israel let the army of Ai push them back. Joshua and his men began running east toward the desert.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten by them, and fled toward the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

Joshua 8:15 Cross References

Joshua 15:61

The people of Judah were also given towns in the desert. Here is a list of those towns: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

Joshua 16:1

This is the land that the family of Joseph got. This land started at the Jordan River near Jericho and continued to the waters of Jericho. (This was just east of Jericho.) The border went up from Jericho to the hill country of Bethel.

Joshua 18:12

The northern border started at the Jordan River. The border went along the northern edge of Jericho. Then the border went west into the hill country. The border continued until it was just east of Beth Aven.

Joshua 8:14

Later, the king of Ai saw the army of Israel. The king and his people hurried out to fight the army of Israel. The king of Ai went out the east side of the city toward the Jordan Valley, so he did not see the soldiers hiding behind the city.

Judges 20:36

So the people of Benjamin saw that they were defeated.

Judges 20:42

So the army of Benjamin ran away from the army of Israel. They ran toward the desert. But they could not escape the fighting. And the men of Israel came out of the cities and killed them.