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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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_VER._ 3-9. _SO JOSHUA AROSE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF WAR,_ &C.—
Joshua first detached from his army thirty thousand men, and charged
them to go in the night-time and lie in ambush on the west side of A...
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_Plans for Attacking Ai Again Joshua 8:1-8_
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:
take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I
have given into thy...
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_AND I, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH ME, WILL APPROACH UNTO THE
CITY: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THEY COME OUT AGAINST US, AS AT
THE FIRST, THAT WE WILL FLEE BEFORE THEM,_
No JFB commentary...
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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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JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 8
V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
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(4-8) Joshua’s general plan of operations is stated in these verses.
The following verses explain how it was worked out....
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וְ יָצְא֣וּ אַחֲרֵ֗ינוּ עַ֣ד
הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּ אֹותָם֙...
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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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AI AGAIN ATTACKED
Joshua 8:1
Now that the evil was put away, the people were assured of victory.
“I _have_ given,” _etc_. But the assurance of faith is not
inconsistent with the call for action: “Ari...
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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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How beautiful to observe piety blended with valor. No doubt, after
Joshua had arranged and formed the disposition of his army, according
to the command of God, he retired to this valley, where he lodg...
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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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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 THEY WILL COME OUT AFTER US,.... Of which there could be no doubt,
when they should see them run from them:
TILL WE HAVE DRAWN THEM FROM THE CITY; some distance from it, that
they could not retur...
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Joshua 8:6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them
from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the
first: therefore we will flee before them.
Ver. 6. _Till we have...
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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 they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the
city. For they will say, They flee before us as at the first;
therefore we will flee before them, thus strengthening the enemy in
the...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE TAKING OF AI...
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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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3-22 Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain
their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went
into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Joshua 8:6 out H3318 (H8804) after H310 drawn H5423 (H8687) city H5892
say H559 (H8799) fleeing...
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“ And I, and all the people who are with me, will approach the city,
and it shall be that when they come out against us, as they did the
first time, we will flee before them, and they will come out af...
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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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Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Exodus 14:3; Exodus 15:9; J
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THE CONQUEST OF AI
Joshua 8:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Christian conquest depends upon a clean heart. When the Children of
Israel went against Ai the first time, they fled in dismay. The reason
for the...