¹⁵ Y’hoshua and all Isra’el made as if they had been defeated before them and ran off on the road to the desert. ¹⁶ All the people in ‘Ai were summoned together to pursue them, so they chased Y’hoshua and were drawn away from the city. ¹⁷ Not a man was left in ‘Ai or Beit-El who had not gone after Isra’el; pursuing Isra’el, they left the city wide open.