Joshua 8:6 Meaning and Explanation
“(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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Read Full Chapter →Joshua predicts that Ai's confidence from the first battle will lure its army away from the city in pursuit.
What Does Joshua 8:6 Mean?
Joshua reads the enemy's mind. Ai's men, remembering their earlier success, will assume Israel is fleeing again and will rush out in pursuit, leaving their city undefended. The whole strategy turns on the enemy's overconfidence.
Pride blinds. The very memory that should have made Ai cautious instead made them reckless, certain of another easy triumph. Scripture warns again and again that pride goes before destruction. What feels like strength, an unbroken record, a settled assurance that we cannot fall, can be the very thing that leads us out into the open and undone. Humility watches; presumption pursues.
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What does Joshua 8:6 mean?
Joshua predicts that Ai's confidence from the first battle will lure its army away from the city in pursuit.