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.
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Interpretation
Notice Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease.
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This thought runs through Joshua 8:3-7.
Glossary
- Ai Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.
- Joshua Tribe
- Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A. V. ), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 .