But, I, and all the people who are with me, will draw near unto the city,—and it shall be, when they come out to meet us, as at the first, then will we flee before them;
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope,—so that the heart of the people melted and became as water.
so will they come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, Fleeing before us, as at the first! therefore will we flee before them.