Joshua 8:5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us, as before, we shall flee from them.

Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.

Joshua 8:6

They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, as before.’ While we flee from them,