Joshua 8:7

And ye shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.

8Ye shall do according to this word, lo! I have commanded you.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:1And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with thee all the men of war, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into thy hands the king of Ai, and his land.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, 1 There is no counsel against the ungodly. 1

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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