Joshua 8:7

you must start out of your ambush and seize the town. The Lord your God will put it into your hands.

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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

6until we draw them away from the town, for they will think we are running from them as before. Then, as we run away,

8As soon as you have seized the town, set it on fire, and carry out the Lord’s command. These are my orders.”

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Cross References

Joshua 8:1Then 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.

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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