Joshua 8:6

They will come after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us as before.’ While we are fleeing from them,

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

Judges 20:32

The Benjaminites said, “We are defeating them as before.”

But the Israelites said, “Let’s flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

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Summary

(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

Drawn

General references

Bible References

Drawn

Joshua 8:16
Then all the troops of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

They flee

Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”
Judges 20:32
The Benjaminites said, “We are defeating them as before.”

But the Israelites said, “Let’s flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

General references

Joshua 8:19
When he held out his hand, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They ran, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

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