diff --git a/jos/08/16.md b/jos/08/16.md
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--- a/jos/08/16.md
+++ b/jos/08/16.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# before them ... they went after ... they were drawn away
+# they went after ... they were drawn away
 
-The words "them" and "they" here refer to the army of Ai.
+These occurrences of "they" refer to the army of Ai.
 
-# they fled ... go after them
+# to go after them
 
-The words "they" and "them" here refer to the army of Isreal.
+to go after the army of Isreal
 
 # All the people who were in the city were called together