Joshua 8:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.”

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BSBPD

“Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 8:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  2. Judges 20:31The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  3. Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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