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Verse Joshua 8:35. _WITH THE WOMEN AND THE LITTLE ONES_] It was
necessary that _all_ should know that they were under the same
obligations to obey; even the _women_ are brought forward, not only
becau...
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The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with
Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed; and the three several acts of
which the solemnity consisted are only so far distinctly named...
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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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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...
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THE CONGREGATION. assembly (as mustered).
WERE CONVERSANT. Hebrew walked....
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The Altar of Blessing and of Cursing
30. _Then Joshua built_ The passes being now secured, and the interior
of the country rendered accessible, Joshua resolved to take advantage
of the terror which t...
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_VER._ 34, 35. _AND AFTERWARD HE READ ALL THE WORDS OF THE LAW,_
&C.— i.e. _He caused to be read._ Houbigant. We have only a word to
add to the remarks already made, respecting all these ceremonies, i...
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_The Altar Erected on Mount Ebal Joshua 8:30-35_
30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount
Ebal,
31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel,
as it is...
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_THERE WAS NOT A WORD OF ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED, WHICH JOSHUA READ
NOT BEFORE ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL, WITH THE WOMEN, AND THE
LITTLE ONES, AND THE STRANGERS THAT WERE CONVERSANT AMONG THEM._...
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8:35 lived (a-32) Lit. 'walked.'...
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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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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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לֹֽא ־הָיָ֣ה דָבָ֔ר מִ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר
־צִוָּ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא ־קָרָ֜א
יְהֹושֻׁ֗עַ נֶ֣גֶד כָּל...
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CHAPTER XVII.
EBAL AND GERIZIM.
Joshua 8:30.
COMMENTATORS on Joshua have been greatly perplexed by the place which
this narrative has in our Bibles. No one can study the map, and take
into account t...
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RECORDING AND READING THE LAW
Joshua 8:30
After the fall of Ai the war was suspended for a time. The divine hand
restrained the Canaanites from interfering with Israel's obedience to
the Mosaic code...
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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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There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read
not before all the congregation of Israel, with the (o) women, and the
little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among the...
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_Repeated. Coverdale's Bible has "Josua caused it to be proclaimed."
"It is very common in Scripture to represent a person as doing that
which is done by another, in his name and by his authority."
(K...
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It is a most profitable thing to have the law often read, in order
that, by viewing the universal condemnation of it, the precious
delivery from it by the law-fulfilling, law-expiating, and sin-atonin...
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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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THERE WAS NOT A WORD OF ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED, WHICH JOSHUA READ
NOT,.... So punctually, precisely, and exactly did he observe the
instructions and commands that were given him by Moses; and this h...
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There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read
not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the
little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them....
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_Afterward_ After the altar was built, and the stones plastered and
written upon; _he read_ That is, he commanded the priests or Levites
to read, Deuteronomy 27:14. _Blessings and cursings _
Which wor...
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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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BLESSING AND CURSE PROCLAIMED...
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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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WERE CONVERSANT:
_ Heb._ walked...
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30-35 As soon as Joshua got to the mountains Ebal and Gerizim,
without delay, and without caring for the unsettled state of Israel,
or their enemies, he confirmed the covenant of the Lord with his
pe...
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THERE WAS NOT A WORD WHICH JOSHUA READ NOT; therefore he read not the
blessings and curses only, as some think, but the whole law, as the
manner was when all Israel, men and women, were assembled toge...
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Joshua 8:35 word H1697 Moses H4872 commanded H6680 (H8765) Joshua
H3091 read H7121 (H8804) assembly H6951 Israel H3478 women H802 ones
H2945 strangers H1616 living H1980 (H8802) among H7130
was not -...
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‘ And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
the cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Josh...
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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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_Gerizim _. .. _ Ebal._
EBAL AND GERIZIM
The valley between these two is one of the most beautiful in
Palestine. Jacob’s well lies at its mouth, and all its luxuriant
extent is covered with its verda...
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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 8:32. Wrote there upon the stones] Upon the plaster with which
the stones were to be covered. These were not the stones of the altar
itself, but rude pillars of stone reared ne...
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EXPOSITION
THE COPY OF THE LAW.—
JOSHUA 8:30
THEN JOSHUA BUILT AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL IN MOUNT EBAL.
This passage has been pronounced to be an interpolation by Meyer, De
Wette, Maurer,...
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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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Acts 20:27; Acts 21:5; Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 31:12;
Deuteronomy 4:2; Ezra 10:1; Jeremiah 26:2; Joel 2:16; Joshua 8:33;
Mark 10:14;...
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Read not — Therefore he read not the blessings and curses only, as
some think, but the whole law, as the manner was when all Israel, men
and women, were assembled together, or the ten commandments. Am...