Joshua 8:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as they did the first time, we will flee before them.

Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai struck and killed about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them on the mountainside; and the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Joshua 8:6

They will come out after us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us just as they did the first time.’ So we will flee before them.