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Joshua 8:6 KJV
Joshua · chapter 8 · verse 6
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.Joshua 8:6 · King James Version
Joshua 8:6 in context
4And 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:
5And 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,
6(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
7Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
8And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- drawnnâthaqto tear offH5423 →
- firstriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- fleenûwçto flitH5127 →
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We have here an account of the taking of Ai by stratagem. The stratagem here used, we are sure, was lawful and good; God himself appointed it, and we have no reason to think but that the like is lawful and good in other wars. Here was no league broken, no treaty of peace, that the advantage was gained;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-22