Joshua 8:5

New English Translation

I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

Joshua 8:6

They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.