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Verse Joshua 8:17. _THERE WAS NOT A MAN LEFT IN AI OR BETH-EL_] It is
very likely that the principal strength of _Beth-el_ had been
previously brought into _Ai_, as the strongest place to make a stan...
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OR BETHEL - See the Joshua 8:1 note....
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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 (Joshua 8:30)
Sin confessed, ju...
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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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MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
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_or Beth-el_ The inhabitants of Bethel would seem on this occasion to
have sent help to the people of Ai in resisting the attack of Joshua....
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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 ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN AI WERE CALLED TOGETHER TO PURSUE
AFTER THEM: AND THEY PURSUED AFTER JOSHUA, AND WERE DRAWN AWAY FROM
THE CITY._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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
25,00...
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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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THERE WAS NOT A MAN LEFT IN AI OR BETH-EL. — Another singular
justification of the peculiar strategy of Joshua. The road past
Beth-el to Ai had been left open. It passes the north end of the two
ravin...
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וְ לֹֽא ־נִשְׁאַ֣ר אִ֗ישׁ בָּ † עַי֙
וּ בֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא ־יָצְא֖וּ
אַחֲרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
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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: “Ar...
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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
f...
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_Not one fit to bear arms. (Worthington) --- Bethel. As soon as the
people of this city perceived the Israelites fleeing, they rushed out
to assist the king of Hai in the pursuit. But when they saw th...
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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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17._And there was not a man left in Ai, _etc It will be clear from the
context that some were taken in the city and slain, and therefore we
must hold that the sally was not by all universally, and tha...
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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 THERE WAS NOT A MAN LEFT IN AI OR BETHEL THAT WENT NOT OUT AFTER
ISRAEL,.... For as these two places were very near to each other, but
a mile apart, they were in confederacy, and acted together, a...
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And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Ver. 17. _And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel._] Thus
obd...
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_All Israel made as if they were beaten_ That is, they fled from them,
as it were for fear of a second blow. _The wilderness_ Which lay
between Ai and Jericho, whither they now seemed to flee. _All th...
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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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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, b...
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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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NOT A MAN, to wit, fit for war. _Beth-el_, being a neighbouring city,
and encouraged by the former success, had sent some forces to assist
them; and now, upon notice sent to them of the flight of thei...
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Joshua 8:17 man H376 left H7604 (H8738) Ai H5857 Bethel H1008 out
H3318 (H8804) after H310 Israel H3478 left H5800 (H8799) city H5892
open H6605 (H8803) pursued H7291 (H8799) Israel H3478
a man - J
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‘ And all the people who were in the city (or Ai) were summoned
together to pursue after them, and they pursued after Joshua, and were
drawn away from the city. And there was not a man left in Ai or B...
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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 i...
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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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Deuteronomy 2:30; Isaiah 19:11; Job 5:13; Joshua 11:20; Joshua 8:24;
Joshua 8:25; Joshua 8:3...
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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 th...
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Not a man — Namely, fit for war. Bethel — Which, being a
neighbouring city, and encouraged by the former success, had sent some
forces to assist them; and now, upon notice sent to them of the flight
o...