Joshua 8:6 meaning and explanation
They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
Joshua 8:6, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Joshua is speaking to the thirty thousand picked soldiers he has hidden behind Ai, laying out the plan for the second attack. Israel had just been routed at Ai because of Achan's sin, so the men of Ai expect the same easy victory.
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