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Judges 20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

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Joshua 8:15
Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

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

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Judges 20:37
And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

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Judges 20:38
Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

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Joshua 8:20
Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.

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