Joshua 8:6

6 And they will come out after us, until we have ¹drawn them away from the city. For they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, just as before. ’ So we will flee before 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 And he commanded them, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready.

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

6 And they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city. For they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, just as before. ’ So we will flee before them.

7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will give it into your hand.

8 And as soon as you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire. You shall do according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you. ”

Cross References

• 1. 8:6 ver. 16