Joshua 8:15
“And Ioshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wildernesse.”
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Joshua 8:15 Context
13And when they had set the people, euen all the hoste that was on the North of the city, and their liers in wait on the West of the citie: Ioshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14¶ And it came to passe when the King of Ai saw it, that they hasted, and rose vp early, and the men of the citie went out against Israel to battell, hee, and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plaine, but hee wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15And Ioshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wildernesse. 16And all the people that were in Ai, were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, and were drawen away from the city. 17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.
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Other Translations for Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- King James Version
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.
- Basic English Bible
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Darby Bible
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Webster's Bible
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- World English Bible
And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 8:15
8:15 Made as if they were beaten - That is, fled from them, as it were for fear of a second blow. The wilderness - Which lay between Ai and Jericho, whither they now seemed to flee.