Joshua 8:6

They will come out after us until we draw them away from the city, because they will think, '[They are] fleeing from us {as before}.' So we will flee from them.

Exodus 14:3

And Pharaoh will say of the {Israelites}, 'They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'

Exodus 15:9

[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

Judges 20:32

And the descendants of Benjamin thought, "They [are] being defeated before us {as previously}," and the {Israelites} said, "Let us flee and lure them away from the city to the main roads."

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon 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.

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Bible References

Drawn

Joshua 8:16
All of the people who [were] in the city were called to pursue after them. As they pursued after Joshua, they were drawn away from the city.

They flee

Exodus 14:3
And Pharaoh will say of the {Israelites}, 'They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'
Exodus 15:9
[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
Judges 20:32
And the descendants of Benjamin thought, "They [are] being defeated before us {as previously}," and the {Israelites} said, "Let us flee and lure them away from the city to the main roads."
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them.

General references

Joshua 8:19
The moment he stretched out his hand, those in the ambush stood up quickly from their place and ran. And they went [into] the city and captured it, quickly setting the city ablaze with fire.