Joshua 8:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.”
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“Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Joshua and all Israel <FI>seem<Fi> stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 8:15 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 15:61These were in the wilderness:
- Joshua 16:1The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- Joshua 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
- Judges 20:36Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).