Joshua 8:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joshua 8:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

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KJV

King James Version

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

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WEB

World English Bible

and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

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ASV

American Standard Version

and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joshua 8

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,

⁷ you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

⁸ And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”

⁹ So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.

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