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Joshua 8:3

וַיָּקָם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל ־ עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה לַעֲלוֹת הָעָי וַיִּבְחַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף אִישׁ גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם לָֽיְלָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וְעָשִׂיתָ לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ רַק ־ שְׁלָלָהּ וּבְהֶמְתָּהּ תָּבֹזּוּ לָכֶם שִׂים ־ לְךָ אֹרֵב לָעִיר מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ ׃

4וַיְצַו אֹתָם לֵאמֹר רְאוּ אַתֶּם אֹרְבִים לָעִיר מֵאַחֲרֵי הָעִיר אַל ־ תַּרְחִיקוּ מִן ־ הָעִיר מְאֹד וִהְיִיתֶם כֻּלְּכֶם נְכֹנִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 17:9וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּחַר ־ לָנוּ אֲנָשִׁים וְצֵא הִלָּחֵם בַּעֲמָלֵק מָחָר אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל ־ רֹאשׁ הַגִּבְעָה וּמַטֵּה הָאֱלֹהִים בְּיָדִֽי ׃

Judges 9:32וְעַתָּה קוּם לַיְלָה אַתָּה וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ אִתָּךְ וֶאֱרֹב בַּשָּׂדֶֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:2-3

The Destruction of Ai. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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: 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. Israel were very happy in having such a… Read the whole commentary →

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