Joshua 8:15 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 8:15

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,.... Or smitten, as some of them might be in the pursuit: and fled by the way of the wilderness; not a barren desert, but, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, a place for the pasture of cattle; though perhaps it is the same with the wilderness of Bethaven, Jos 18:12. Epiphanius (w) makes mention of the wilderness of Bethel and Ephraim as near Jericho. (w) Contr. Haeres. l. 1. tom. 2.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ	vai.yi.na.ge.'U	and they were struck	H5060 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →
וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ	vai.ya.Nu.su	and they fled	H5127 →
דֶּ֥רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] direction of	H1870 →
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃	ha.mid.Bar	the wilderness	H4057 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 16:1
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of…
leads to
- Joshua 18:12
  On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
- 2 Kings 2:19–21
  Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
Through
Joshua 18:12
On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
leads to
- Joshua 16:1
  The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of…
- Joshua 7:2
  Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied…
- Joshua 2:1
  Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Hosea 10:5
  The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…
Through
Joshua 15:61
These were in the wilderness:
leads to
- Joshua 15:6
  The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of…
Through
Judges 20:36
Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
leads to
- Joshua 8:15–29
  Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.