Joshua 8:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joshua 8:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

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KJV

King James Version

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:

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WEB

World English Bible

He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joshua 8

² And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

³ So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

⁴ with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

⁵ Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

⁶ 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,

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