³² And the people of Benjamin said, ^(A)“They are routed before us, as at the first.” But the people of Israel said, “Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

¹⁵ And Joshua and all Israel ^(A)pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness. ¹⁶ So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they ^(B)were drawn away from the city.