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Joshua 8:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. "

Joshua 8:4

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2 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

3 So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night.

4 He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

5 I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

6 They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They flee before us, like the first time.’ So we will flee before them,

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Joshua 8:1

"The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed. Take all the warriors with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land."

Joshua 8:2

"You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”"

Joshua 8:3

"So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night."

Joshua 8:5

"I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them."

Joshua 8:6

"They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They flee before us, like the first time.’ So we will flee before them,"

Joshua 8:7

"and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand."

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