NET Bible
"I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them."
— Joshua 8:5, NET Bible
“And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,”
“and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them; ”
“I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.”
“But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:”
“And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;”
“And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,”
Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say,‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.
Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.
When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”