Joshua 8:7

And then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in into your hand.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

In Context

6And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee from us as at the first time: and we will flee before them.

8And it shall be, that as soon as ye have seized the city, ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the Lord shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:1And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged: take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to 'Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of 'Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 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, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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