Joshua 8:1

Then said the Lord to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid or dismayed. Take all the warriors with you and march up to Ai. I put into your hands the king of Ai with his people and his town and his country.

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And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, 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:

In Context

2Treat Ai and its king as you treated Jericho and its king, except that you may take the spoils and cattle in it for yourselves. Lay an ambush for the town to the west of it.”

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Cross References

Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, “The Lord has put all the country into our hands. Everyone who lives in this land is trembling before us!”

Joshua 7:6and Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground upon his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel, with dust upon their heads.

Joshua 10:7Joshua marched up from Gilgal with all the troops and all the veterans.

Psalms 44:3it was not their own arm that brought them the victory. Yours was the hand and the arm, yours was the face that shone on them with favor.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:1

The embarrassment which Achan's sin gave to the affairs of Israel being over, we have them here in a very good posture again, the affairs both of war and religion. Here is, I. The glorious progress of their arms in the taking of Ai, before which they had lately suffered disgrace. 1. God encourages Joshua to attack it, with the assurance of success, and directs him what method to take, ver. 1, 2 . 2. Joshua gives orders accordingly to the men of war, ver. 3-8 . 3. The stratagem is managed as it was projected, and… Read the whole commentary →

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