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Verse 26. _JOSHUA DREW NOT HIS HAND BACK_] He was not only the
_general_, but the _standard-bearer_ or _ensign_ of his own army, and
continued in this employment during the whole of the battle. See o...
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8. THE OVERTHROW OF AI
CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The advance commanded (Joshua 8:1)_
2. The strategy of Joshua (Joshua 8:3)
3. Ai's defeat (Joshua 8:14)
4. Joshua's obedience ...
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CAPTURE OF AI. Here we have the second and the successful attempt to
take Ai. That two accounts have been combined is obvious. In Joshua
8:3 Joshua sends 30,000 men as an ambuscade against the city; i...
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DESTROYED. devoted....
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DISCOURSE: 251
PERSEVERING ZEAL RECOMMENDED
Joshua 8:26. _Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched
out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of
Ai._
WHATEVER inst...
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_VER._ 26. _JOSHUA DREW NOT HIS HAND BACK,_ &C.— He ceased not to
fight spear in hand; or rather, he continued to hold up the standard
to animate his troops to destroy the enemy, till they were all pu...
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_The Conquest of Ai Joshua 8:9-29_
9Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode behind Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged
that night among the pe...
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_FOR JOSHUA DREW NOT HIS HAND BACK, WHEREWITH HE STRETCHED OUT THE
SPEAR, UNTIL HE HAD UTTERLY DESTROYED ALL THE INHABITANTS OF AI._
Joshua drew not his hand back. Perhaps, from the long continuance...
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8:26 destroyed (b-21) See ch. 2.10....
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THE CONQUEST OF AI. THE COVENANT CONFIRMED UPON MT. EBAL
1-29. The Taking of Ai. Edersheim explains that Joshua detailed a
corps of 30,000 men, of whom 5,000 were placed W. of Ai in a wood. The
25,000...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 8
V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
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וִ יהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ לֹֽא ־הֵשִׁ֣יב יָדֹ֔ו
אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
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CHAPTER XVI.
THE CAPTURE OF AI.
Joshua 8:1.
JOSHUA, having dealt faithfully with the case of Achan, whose sin had
intercepted the favour of God, is again encouraged, and directed to
renew, but more...
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THE ENEMY COMPLETELY DESTROYED
Joshua 8:18
Joshua's preparations were skillfully made, and in that very place
where Israel had been so disastrously defeated they scored a great
victory and took larg...
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As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case
of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah
immediately uttered the word of reassurance to Joshua and the...
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PAUSING FOR GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF VICTORY
Joshua 8:1-35
Often, man holds himself guilty long after God has already wiped away
the sin. It seems this was the case after Achan's sin had been removed
fr...
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CHAPTER VIII....
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The sacred historian relates in those verses, the improvement which
Israel made of their victory; and a glorious one it was; because there
was nothing done here, but what was agreeable to the divine
a...
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The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it
was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the
Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
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26._For Joshua drew not his hand back, _etc As by raising the spear he
gave sign and pledge of hope as it were from heaven, he did not cease
to keep the minds of his followers fixed upon it until they...
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Chapter 8 exhibits the return of Israel to their strength in God. If
all the people were compromised by Achan's sin, it was needful that
they should be sensibly restored to confidence, that they shoul...
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FOR JOSHUA DREW NOT HIS HAND BACK WHEREWITH HE STRETCHED OUT HIS
SPEAR,.... But continued it, and that stretched out:
UNTIL HE HAD UTTERLY DESTROYED ALL THE INHABITANTS OF AI; just as the
hand of Mos...
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For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Ver. 26. _For Joshua drew not his hand back._] "The arms of his hand...
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_Joshua drew not his hand back_ That is, he continued the battle, and
ceased not to fight, spear in hand, till he had utterly routed them.
Or, as some think, it means that he kept his hand and spear i...
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1 God incourageth Ioshua.
3 The stratageme whereby Ai was taken.
29 The king thereof is hanged.
30 Ioshua buildeth an Altar,
32 writeth the Lawe on stones,
33 propoundeth blessings and cursings....
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For Joshua drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched out the spear
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. This he did
according to the universal rule of the ancients, which requ...
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AI TAKEN AND DESTROYED...
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AI TOTALLY DESTROYED
(vs.1-29)
Now the Lord gives explicit instructions to Joshua as to attacking Ai.
How different these were to the plans Joshua used at first! God tells
Joshua not to be afraid, bu...
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23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their
wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their
conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason...
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Either,
1. He ceased not to fight with that hand. Or,
2. He kept his hand and spear in the same posture, both stretched out
and lifted up, as a sign both to encourage them, and to direct them to
go...
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Joshua 8:26 Joshua H3091 back H7725 (H8689) hand H3027 out H5186
(H8804) spear H3591 destroyed H2763 ...
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CONTENTS: Conquest of Ai. The blessings and cursing of Ebal.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, king of Ai.
CONCLUSION: The believer, clad in the whole armor of God, meeting the
enemy of God as God directs, w...
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Joshua 8:4. _Ye shall lie in wait:_ la ruse du guerre. The craft of
war is lawful, if war itself be lawful; and experience is often of
more avail than strength.
Joshua 8:25. _Twelve thousand._ Here is...
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_So Joshua arose, and all the people of war._
ALL THE PEOPLE AT WORK FOR JESUS
I. Consider the advice of the spies which led to such a shameful
defeat (Joshua 7:3).
1. Here we shall have to deal wi...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:1__ Having been defeated in Ai (ch. Joshua
7:1), Israel now follows God’s instructions and is successful....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 8:3. Thirty thousand … and sent them away] Probably 30,000
was the entire number chosen to operate against Ai, and of these 5000
were sent, as stated in Joshua 8:12, to form th...
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EXPOSITION
THE CAPTURE OF AI.—
JOSHUA 8:1
FEAR NOT. Joshua was down cast at his former failure, and well he
might. "Treacherous Israelites are to be dreaded more than malicious
Canaanites" (Matthew...
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Then they went back to Ai, now this time under the direction of the
Lord. Joshua sent part of the army around the other side of the city
to hide in ambush. And then he said, "We'll come to the city li...
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Exodus 17:11; Exodus 17:12; Joshua 8:18...
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Drew not his hand back — He kept his hand and spear in the same
posture, both stretched out and lifted up, as a sign both to encourage
them, and to direct them to go on in the work....