Joshua 8:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten by them, and fled toward the wilderness. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Common English Bible Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. English Standard Version 2016 And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness. |
Similarly, the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan, opposite Jericho and its waters, to the east, to the wilderness that ascends from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel.
And their border toward the north was from the Jordan, continuing on, near the side of Jericho in the northern region, and from there, ascending toward the west to the mountains, and extending to the wilderness of Bethaven.
And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
But the sons of Benjamin, when they had seen themselves to be the weaker, began to flee. And the sons of Israel discerning this, gave them room to flee, so that they might arrive at the ambushes that were prepared, which they had positioned near the city.
and they began to go toward the way of the desert, with the adversary pursuing them to that place also. Moreover, those who had set fire to the city also met them.