And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.(Joshua 8:15)

And 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.(Joshua 8:16)

And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.(Joshua 8:17)

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.(Joshua 8:19)

And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.(Joshua 8:20)

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.(Joshua 8:21)

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Joshua 8:18 - Cross Reference

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. (1 Samuel 17:6)

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. (Exodus 14:16)

The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. (Job 39:23)

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. (Joshua 8:26)

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. (Exodus 8:5)

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. (1 Samuel 17:45)

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. (Joshua 8:7)

And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. (Exodus 17:9)

And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. (1 Samuel 17:41)

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. (Job 15:25)