Joshua 8:15

Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

World English Bible

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

American Standard Version

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes.

Darby Translation

And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation

And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

Bible in Basic English

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

In context

14When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

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