16All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.


In Context

13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

16 All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

17 There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who didn't go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.

18 Yahweh said to Joshua, |Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.| Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

Joshua 8:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:16All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:16But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue them: and they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16and all the people who are in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.