Joshua 8:1
The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land.
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Deuteronomy 7:18you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
Deuteronomy 31:8The Lord, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: do not be afraid, neither be dismayed."
Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, "Truly the Lord has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."
Joshua 7:6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
Joshua 10:7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
Psalms 44:3For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword,neither did their own arm save them;but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face,because you were favorable to them.
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 →