Joshua 10:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.

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  • Josh 10:20 : 20 Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,
  • 2 Sam 17:13 : 13 And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.
  • 2 Sam 20:6 : 6 And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.
  • Ps 18:37-41 : 37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome. 38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet. 39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me. 40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off. 41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
  • Isa 9:14-15 : 14 For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day. 15 The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
  • Jer 48:10 : 10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

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  • 20 Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,

  • 25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • 8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

  • Josh 11:6-9
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    6 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

    7 So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.

    8 And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.

    9 And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

  • 19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Lev 26:7-8
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    7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.

    8 Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.

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    13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

    14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

    15 So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.

  • 3 The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said.

  • 22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

  • Josh 8:7-8
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    7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.

    8 And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.

  • Josh 23:9-10
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    9 For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

    10 One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

  • 3 You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

  • Josh 8:16-17
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    16 And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

    17 There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.

  • 10 And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

  • 28 And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • Num 14:42-43
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    42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

    43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.

  • 30 And again the Lord gave it and its king into the hands of Israel; and he put it and every person in it to the sword, till their destruction was complete; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • 40 So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.

  • 5 The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

  • 26 For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.

  • Deut 20:3-4
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    3 Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

    4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • 4 And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

  • 22 Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.

  • Josh 8:1-2
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    1 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:

    2 And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

  • Josh 1:9-11
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    9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

    10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

    11 Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 39 And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

  • 23 So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.

  • 37 Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.

  • 17 Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders:

  • 11 Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.

  • 19 Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.

  • 15 Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.

  • 5 The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.