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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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BETWEEN BETH-EL AND AI. The place of Abraham's altar, Genesis 12:8 _:_
so that the place where the promise of the Land was made, is the place
where it began to be fulfilled. Abraham had come down from...
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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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_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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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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CHAPTER 8
V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
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THEY WENT TO LIE IN AMBUSH. — Or, _they went to the lurking-place;_
and remained between Bethel and Ai. The ambush itself (Joshua 8:2;
Joshua 8:7; Joshua 8:19; Joshua
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וַ יִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם יְהֹושֻׁ֗עַ וַ
יֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל...
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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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Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged
that night (c) among the people.
(c) With the rest of the...
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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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JOSHUA THEREFORE SENT THEM FORTH,.... The thirty thousand chosen men:
AND THEY WENT TO LIE IN AMBUSH; as they were ordered, Joshua 8:2:
AND ABODE BETWEEN BETHEL AND AI, ON THE WEST SIDE OF AI; for a...
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_Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged
that night among the people._
Ver. 9. _Joshua therefore s...
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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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PREPARATIONS FOR THE TAKING OF AI...
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Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai, there being some
rocky ridges to the southwest, where concealment could easil...
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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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SENT THEM FORTH; the same party designed by the pronoun _them_, JOSHUA
8:3, of which see the notes there. AMONG THE PEOPLE, Heb. _that
people_, to wit, the people of war, as they are called, JOSHUA 8:...
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Joshua 8:9 Joshua H3091 out H7971 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) ambush
H3993 stayed H3427 (H8799) Bethel...
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‘ Joshua therefore sent them out and they went to the ambush site
and settled in between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai. But
Joshua lodged that night among the people.'
So the battle plan was l...
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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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Ezra 2:28; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 32:21; Joshua 7:2; Joshua 8:12;...
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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...
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Sent them — The same party. Among the people — Heb. that people,
the people of war as they are called, Joshua 8:11, that is, the main
body of the host consisting of thirty thousand....