Pharaoh will think that the Israelites are lost in the desert and that the people will have no place to go.
Joshua 8:6 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version These men will chase us away from the city, so we will run away. They will think that we are running away from them as we did before. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee before them. American Standard Version (1901) and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; Common English Bible They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. They will think, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee from them. Catholic Public Domain Version until, pursuing us, they are drawn away from the city. For they will think that we are fleeing as before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city. For they will think that we flee as before. |
Pharaoh will think that the Israelites are lost in the desert and that the people will have no place to go.
“The enemy said, ‘I’ll chase them and catch them. I’ll take all their riches. I’ll take it all with my sword. I’ll take everything for myself.’
Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come, and that makes other people want to do bad things too.
You never know when hard times will come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often trapped by some disaster that suddenly falls on them.
I will lead the men with me; we will march toward the city. The men in the city will come out to fight against us. We will turn and run away from them as we did before.
Then you should come out of your hiding place and take control of the city. The Lord your God will give you the power to win.
The men of Benjamin said, “We are winning as before!” The men of Israel were running away, but it was a trick. They wanted to lead the men of Benjamin away from their city and onto the roads.