Joshua 8:6

6 They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. They will think, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee from them.

Joshua 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:6

For they will come out after us
Of which there could be no doubt, when they should see them run from them:

till we have drawn them from the city;
some distance from it, that they could not return soon enough to save it from the ambush, or prevent their entrance into it, and burning it:

for they will say, they will flee before us, as at the first;
they run away as they did before, and let us pursue them and smite them as we did then:

therefore we will flee before them;
to draw them out of the city, and make your way easy to get into it,

Joshua 8:6 In-Context

4 He commanded them, "Look. You are to ambush the city from behind. Don't move too far away from the city. Be ready, all of you.

5 I will approach the city with all the people. When they come out against us the same way as before, we will flee from them.

6 They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. They will think, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee from them.

7 But you will rise up from the ambush and take over the city. The LORD your God will give it into your power.

8 As soon as you seize the city, set it on fire. Act according to the LORD's word. Indeed, I have given you an order!"