Joshua 8:6
8:6 They will attack
1 us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.
Joshua 8:15
8:15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.
Joshua 10:16
10:16 The five Amorite kings 2 ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 7:4
7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:20
8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw
3 the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction.
4 In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.
Joshua 8:5
8:5 I and all the troops
5 who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
Joshua 20:3
20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;
6 these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 10:11
10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from
7 Beth Horon, the
Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky,
8 all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Joshua 20:4
20:4 The one who committed manslaughter
9 should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city.
10 They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.
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Joshua 20:6
20:6 He must remain
12 in that city until his case is decided by the assembly
13 and the high priest dies.
14 Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.”
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Joshua 20:9
20:9 These were the cities of refuge
16 appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by
17 the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.
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1 tn Heb “come out after.”
2 tn Heb “these five kings.”
3 tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.
4 tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”
4 tn Heb “the people.”
5 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”
6 tn Heb “on the descent of.”
7 tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”
9 tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”
8 tn Or “live.”
9 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”
10 tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”
11 tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”
9 tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.
10 tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”
11 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.