John Gill Commentary Joshua 8:15

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

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before
them
Or smitten, as some of them might be in the pursuit:

and fled by the way of the wilderness ;
not a barren desert, but, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, a place for the pasture of cattle; though perhaps it is the same with the wilderness of Bethaven, (Joshua 18:12) . Epiphanius ^F23 makes mention of the wilderness of Bethel and Ephraim as near Jericho.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Contr. Haeres. l. 1. tom. 2.