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Joshua 8:5
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3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them away by night.
4 And he commanded them, saying: “Behold, ayou shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.  
5 Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city; and it will come about, when they come out against us as at the first, that awe shall flee before them.  
6 For they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ Therefore we will flee before them.
7 Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
Verse Comparison: Joshua 8:5

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American Standard Version
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;

Amplified® Bible
And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us, as the first time, we will flee before them

Contemporary English Version
The rest of the army will come with me and attack near the gate. When the people of Ai come out to fight, we'll run away and let them chase us. They will think we are running from them just like the first time. But when we've let them chase us far enough away,

Darby English Version
And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

Good News Bible
My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time.

King James Version
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,

New American Standard Bible
"Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.

New International Version
I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them.

New King James Version
Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city; and it will come about, when they come out against us as at the first, that we shall flee before them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then I and all the people who accompany me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.

Revised Standard Version
and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach the city. And when they come out against us, as before, we shall flee before them;

Young's Literal Translation
and I and all the people who `are' with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

New English Translation
I and all the troops1 who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.


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