Parallel Verses English Standard Version Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will give it into your hand. King James Bible Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. American Standard Version and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. Douay-Rheims Bible And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands. English Revised Version and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. Webster's Bible Translation Then ye shall rise from the ambush and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand, Joshua 8:7 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentConquest and Burning of Ai. - Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:2. After the ban which rested upon the people had been wiped away, the Lord encouraged Joshua to make war upon Ai, promising him that the city should be taken, and giving him instructions what to do to ensure the success of his undertaking. With evident allusion to Joshua's despair after the failure of the first attack, the Lord commences with these words, "Fear not, neither be thou dismayed" (as in Deuteronomy 1:21; Deuteronomy 31:8), and then commands him to go against Ai with all the people of war. By "all the people of war" we are hardly to understand all the men out of the whole nation who were capable of bearing arms; but as only a third of these were contributed by the two tribes and a half to cross over into Canaan and take part in the war, the other tribes also are not likely to have levied more than a third, say about 160,000, which would form altogether an army of about 200,000 men. But even such an army as this seems out of all proportion to the size of Ai, with its 12,000 inhabitants (Joshua 8:25). On the other hand, however, we must bear in mind that the expression "all the people of war" simply denotes the whole army, in contrast with the advice of the spies that only a portion of the army should be sent (Joshua 7:3), so that we are not warranted in pressing the word "all" to absolutely; (Note: "As we have just before seen how their hearts melted, God consulted their weakness, by putting no heavier burden upon them than they were able to bear, until they had recovered from their alarm, and hearkened readily to His commands." - Calvin.) and also that this command of God was not given with reference to the conquest of Ai alone, but applied at the same time to the conquest of the whole land, which Joshua was not to attempt by sending out detachments only, but was to carry out with the whole of the force at his command. עלה, to go up, is applied to the advance of an army against a hostile town, independently of the question whether the town was situated upon an eminence or not, as every town that had to be taken was looked upon as a height to be scaled, though as a fact in this instance the army had really to ascend from Jericho to Ai, which was situated up in the mountains (On Joshua 8:1, see Joshua 6:2.) "His land" is the country round, which belonged to the town and was under its king. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge for the Lord Proverbs 21:30,31 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD... Cross References Joshua 8:6 And they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city. For they will say, 'They are fleeing from us, just as before.' So we will flee before them. Joshua 8:8 And as soon as you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire. You shall do according to the word of the LORD. See, I have commanded you." 1 Samuel 23:4 Then David inquired of the LORD again. And the LORD answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." Jump to Previous Ambush City Deliver Hand Occupied Position Possession Rise Secret SeizeJump to Next Ambush City Deliver Hand Occupied Position Possession Rise Secret SeizeLinks Joshua 8:7 NIVJoshua 8:7 NLT Joshua 8:7 ESV Joshua 8:7 NASB Joshua 8:7 KJV Joshua 8:7 Bible Apps Joshua 8:7 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:7 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:7 French Bible Joshua 8:7 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |