Catholic Public Domain Version
"Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness. "
— Joshua 8:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. ”
“Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
“Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.”
“But Joshua, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.”
“Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.”
“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.
Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of the valley.
And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness.
And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn from the city,
and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out,)
the Lord said to Joshua: “Lift up the shield that is in your hand, toward the city of Ai. For I will deliver it to you.”