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The Conquest of Ai

Joshua 8:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
KJV
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
WEB
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
ASV
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
LSV
And Joshua and all Israel [seem] struck before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
YLT
And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
DBY
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
DRC
But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.
GNV
Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes.
JPS
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
LXXE
And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

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👤 Joshua◆ War with Canaanites

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 18:12On 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.
  • Joshua 15:61These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
  • Judges 20:36Then 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.
  • Joshua 16:1The 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 Bethel.

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