Joshua 8:6

until we draw them away from the town, for they will think we are running from them as before. Then, as we run away,

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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.

In Context

5I and all the troops who are with me will move against the town, and when they come out against us, as before, we will run off,

7you must start out of your ambush and seize the town. The Lord your God will put it into your hands.

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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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