Joshua 8:5
Good News Translation
My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time.

New Revised Standard Version
I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us, as before, we shall flee from them.

New American Bible
The rest of the people and I will come up to the city, and when they make a sortie against us as they did the last time, we will flee from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:

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But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:

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Joshua 7:5 And were defeated by the men of the city of Hai, and there fell of them six and thirty men: and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as Sabarim, and they slew them as they fled by the descent: and the heart of the people was struck with fear, and melted like water.

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Judges 20:31-33 And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: . . .

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Context
The Conquest of Ai
4And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready. 5But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:6Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.…
Cross References
Joshua 8:6
Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.

Judges 20:32
For they thought to cut them off as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee, to bring them to the highways aforesaid.

Joshua 8:4
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