Joshua 8:16

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

In Context

15Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

17There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.

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Cross References

Judges 20:31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

Revelation 16:14For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 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, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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