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Joshua 8:5

in Joshua 8

Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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;

KJV

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,

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This verse in Joshua 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city

on Joshua 8:5-8

Joshua tells the men what will happen, and the enemy’s expected words, “as they did before”, rest on the thirty-six killed at 7:5. The men of Ai have a real victory behind them and will believe a second flight. Verse 8 puts the plan under the command of the LORD.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And I and all the people that are with me will approach unto the city,....

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַאֲנִ֗יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָם֙the people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אִתִּ֔י[is] with me

    ʾitiH854 →929 times

  • נִקְרַ֖בwe will draw near

    nikravH7126 →280 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָעִ֑ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְהָיָ֗הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • יֵצְא֤וּthey will come out

    yetzeuH3318 →1067 times

  • לִקְרָאתֵ֙נוּ֙to meet us

    likratenuH7122 →139 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔הat the first [time]

    barishonahH7223 →182 times

  • וְנַ֖סְנוּand we will flee

    venasnuH5127 →159 times

  • לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃<to> before them

    lifneihemH6440 →2123 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.3 worksMatthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.2 worksJudges 20:31–33The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.2 worksJoshua 8:14When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:15

      so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

    • Luke 10:3

      Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:20

      Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

    • Colossians 4:5

      Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

    • Ephesians 5:15–17

      Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

  • Through

    Joshua 7:5

    And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 2:11

      When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

    • Joshua 2:9

      and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting…

    • Leviticus 26:36

      As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 8 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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