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Joshua 8:3-5
Lexham English Bible
Joshua 8:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 So Joshua and all the fighting men[a] went up immediately to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand of the best fighting men and sent them by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, “Look, you are to lay an ambush against the city from behind. Do not go very far from the city and be ready. 5 Then I and all of the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they go out to meet us as before,[b] we will flee from them.[c]
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- Joshua 8:3 Literally “all the people of war”
- Joshua 8:5 Literally “as that at the first occasion”
- Joshua 8:5 Or “before their presence”
Joshua 8:3-5
New International Version
Joshua 8:3-5
New International Version
3 So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night 4 with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert. 5 I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them.
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