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Joshua 8:9

Joshua 8:9
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Joshua therefore sent them forth,.... The thirty thousand chosen men:

and they went to lie in ambush; as they were…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 8:3-22

We have here an account of the taking of Ai by stratagem. The stratagem here used, we are sure, was lawful and good; God…

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