Joshua 8:7

and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;

Young's Literal Translation

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 they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

8and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'

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Cross References

Joshua 8:1And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

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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