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Text -- Joshua 8:1-11 (NET)
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Israel Conquers Ai
8:1 The Lord told Joshua , “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai ! See , I am handing over to you the king of Ai , along with his people , city , and land .
8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king , except you may plunder its goods and cattle . Set an ambush behind the city !”
8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai . Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night .
8:4 He told them, “Look , set an ambush behind the city . Don’t go very far from the city ; all of you be ready !
8:5 I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city . When they come out to fight us like before , we will retreat from them.
8:6 They will attack us until we have lured them from the city , for they will say , ‘They are retreating from us like before .’ We will retreat from them.
8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city . The Lord your God will hand it over to you .
8:8 When you capture the city , set it on fire . Do as the Lord says ! See , I have given you orders .”
8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai , between Bethel and Ai . Joshua spent that night with the army .
8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army , and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai .
8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city . They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley .
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NET Notes: Jos 8:1 Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certai...
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NET Notes: Jos 8:10 Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used ...
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