Joshua 8:6

New International Reader's Version

They’ll chase us until we’ve drawn them away from the city. They’ll say, ‘They are running away from us, just as they did before.’ When we run away from them,

Cross References

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land. They don’t know which way to go. The desert is all around them.’

Exodus 15:9

“Your enemies bragged, ‘We will chase Israel and will catch them. We’ll divide up what we take from them. We’ll eat them alive. We’ll pull our swords out. Our powerful hands will destroy them.’

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn’t carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Joshua 8:5

I and all those with me will march up to the city. The men of Ai will come out to fight against us, just as they did before. Then we’ll run away from them.

Joshua 8:7

come out of your hiding place. Capture the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

Judges 20:32

The men of Benjamin said, “We’re winning the battle over them, just as we did before.” But the men of Israel said, “Let’s pull back. Let’s draw them away from the city to the roads.”