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; in
Joshua 8:12, he sends 5000 men. No doubt 30,000 is an error for 3000.
The writer of 20, who tells... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTAR ERECTED ON EBAL, THE LAW INSCRIBED AND READ. This comes in a
strange place. The middle of Canaan has not yet been conquered, so
that such a proceeding was impossible if our narrative is complete. On
this account most scholars take it that Joshua 8:30 is the end of an
account which narrated the... [ Continue Reading ]