Joshua 8:6
“(For they will come out after vs) till we haue drawen them from the citie; for they will say, They flee before vs, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.”
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Joshua 8:6 Context
4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the citie, euen behind the citie: goe not very farre from the citie, but be ye all ready: 5And I, and all the people that are with mee, will approch vnto the citie: and it shall come to passe when they come out against vs, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6(For they will come out after vs) till we haue drawen them from the citie; for they will say, They flee before vs, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. 7Then yee shall rise vp from the ambush, and seise vpon the citie: for the Lord your God will deliuer it into your hand. 8And it shall be when yee haue taken the citie, that ye shall set the citie on fire: according to the commandement of the Lord shall ye do. See, I haue commanded you.
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(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.
- King James Version
"They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, '{They} are fleeing before us as at the first.' So we will flee before them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)