Joshua 8:15 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁵ So Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled by the way of the wilderness.

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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

In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

Joshua 16:1

The allotment for the children of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east to the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

Joshua 18:12

Now their border on the north side was from the Jordan—the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

Joshua 8:14

So it came to pass when the king of Ai saw this, the men of the city hurried and rose up early, and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place facing the Arabah. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Judges 20:36

So the children of Benjamin realized that they were defeated. Now the men of Israel had yielded ground to Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush that they had laid against Gibeah.

Judges 20:42

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the way of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them. Meanwhile those who came from the towns massacred them in their midst.