Joshua 8:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ The people in the city began shouting and started chasing Joshua and his men. All the people left the city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So all the people in Ai were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Next, all the troops who were still in the city were called out to chase them. They chased after Joshua and so let themselves be drawn away from the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn from the city,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,

Joshua 8:16 Cross References

Psalm 9:16

The Lord caught those bad people.\par So people learned that the Lord punishes people who do bad things.\par \i (HIGGAYON {\cf2\super [51]})\i0 \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [52]})\i0 \par

Joshua 8:17

All the people of Ai and Bethel chased the army of Israel. The city was left open—no one stayed to protect the city.

Revelation 16:14

These evil spirits are the spirits of demons. {\cf2\super [122]} They \{have power to\} do miracles. {\cf2\super [123]} These evil spirits go out to the rulers of the whole world. They go out to gather the rulers for battle on the great day of God the All-Powerful.

Judges 20:31

The army of Benjamin came out of the city of Gibeah to fight the army of Israel. The army of Israel backed up and let the army of Benjamin chase them. In this way, the army of Benjamin was tricked into leaving the city far behind them.