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Verse Joshua 8:20. _THEY HAD NO POWER TO FLEE THIS WAY OR THAT WAY_]
They were in utter consternation; they saw that the city was taken,
they found themselves in the midst of their foes; that their wi...
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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
POWER. Hebrew hands. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause).
for the power put forth by them (App-6).
PURSUERS. the pursuing force (singular)...
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_they had no power_ no HAND. Comp. Judges 18:10 (Heb.).
_that fled to the wilderness_ See above, Joshua 8:15, and below,
Joshua 8:24....
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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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_AND THE AMBUSH AROSE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR PLACE, AND THEY RAN AS SOON
AS HE HAD STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND: AND THEY ENTERED INTO THE CITY, AND
TOOK IT, AND HASTED AND SET THE CITY ON FIRE._
No JFB comm...
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8:20 power (a-24) Lit 'hand.' see Deuteronomy 32:36 ....
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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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וַ יִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָ עַ֨י
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַ
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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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I pass over, in a short remark, the mercy of the Lord vouchsafed
Israel in this victory, to call the Reader's attention, to the manner
in which the Lord was pleased to appoint the victory should be
ob...
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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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AND WHEN THE MEN OF AI LOOKED BEHIND THEM,.... On some account or
another, perhaps observing that the army of Israel made a full stop
and was gazing at the city:
THEY SAW, AND, BEHOLD, THE SMOKE OF T...
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And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the
smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee
this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilde...
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_They entered and set the city on fire_ That is, some part of it,
sufficient to raise a smoke, and give notice to their brethren of
their success. But certainly not all of it, because in that case the...
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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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And when the men of Ai looked behind them, their attention being drawn
in that direction by the behavior of the Israelites, who turned to
watch for the signal of the smoke's rising, THEY SAW, AND, BEH...
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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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POWER:
_ Heb._ hand...
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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 POWER, or, _place_; for so the Hebrew word is oft used, as Numbers
2:17 Nehemiah 7:4 Job 37:7 Psalms 104:25...
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‘ And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold,
the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power
(literally ‘hands') to flee this way or that way, and the people...
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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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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:18 STRETCH OUT THE JAVELIN... TOWARD AI.
Perhaps this served as a signal to the MEN IN THE AMBUSH to attack the
city. This action symbolizes the Lord’s giving the city into
Jos...
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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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Amos 2:14; Genesis 19:28; Isaiah 34:10; Job 11:20; Psalms 48:5;...
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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...