The Lord showed that he judges fairly. The wicked were caught by what they did to hurt others. Higgayon Selah
Joshua 8:16 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version The people in the city began to shout and started to chase them. All the people left the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So all the people in Ai were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. Common English Bible Next, all the troops who were still in the city were called out to chase them. They chased after Joshua and so let themselves be drawn away from the city. Catholic Public Domain Version And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn from the city, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city, |
The Lord showed that he judges fairly. The wicked were caught by what they did to hurt others. Higgayon Selah
All the men of Ai and Bethel chased the army of Israel. The city was left open—no one stayed to protect the city.
These evil spirits are the spirits of demons. They have power to do miracles. They go out to the rulers of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God All-Powerful.
The army of Benjamin came out of the city of Gibeah to fight the army of Israel. The army of Israel backed up and let the army of Benjamin chase them. In this way the army of Benjamin was tricked into leaving the city far behind them. The army of Benjamin began to kill some of the men in the army of Israel, as they had done before. They killed about 30 men from Israel. They killed some of them in the fields, and they killed some of them on the roads. One road led to the city of Bethel. The other road led to the city of Gibeah.