The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 8:6
For they will come. Literally, "and they will come." We have drawn. Literally, caused to pluck away (see note on Joshua 4:18 ). Luther translates well by reissen, and the LXX . by ἀποσπάσωμεν . read more
여호수아 8:3-8 Krv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 8:8
According to the commandment of the lord. The LXX . seems to have read כִדְבַר הַזֶה according to this word. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 8:3
Thirty thousand men - comparing Joshua 8:3 and Joshua 8:12 (“five thousand men”), there is probably a mistake in the numbers of this verse, where an early copyist may have written the sign for 30,000 instead of that for 5,000.Sent them away by night - The selected 5,000 would accordingly post themselves in the main ravine between Ai and Bethel in the night and early morning. The neighhorhood in which Ai was situated is described as “a wild entanglement of hill and valley;” and amidst its... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 8:1-35
Victory in central Canaan (8:1-9:27)Now that the Israelites had removed the cause of their defeat, God promised Joshua victory over Ai. He added that on this occasion the Israelites could keep the plunder for themselves (8:1-2).Even with God’s assurance of victory, Joshua planned the attack thoroughly. One company of soldiers was to draw the men of Ai out of the city to fight, then a second company would come out of hiding to attack Ai from the rear (3-9). The plan worked perfectly. When the... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 8:4
Behold. Figure of speech Asteriaaeos. App-6 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 8:7
God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the power which is in it ( App-6 ). Compare Joshua 8:20 , where it is rendered "power. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 8:8
See. Figure of speech Aeteriemos. App-6 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 8:3
"So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out 30,000 men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night. And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush, against the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 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; and they will come out after us, till... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 8:3-9
Ver. 3-9. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, &c.— Joshua first detached from his army thirty thousand men, and charged them to go in the night-time and lie in ambush on the west side of Ai, at a convenient distance; while, on his part, by break of day, he advanced with all his troops, and appeared before the town, in order to draw out from thence the garrison, which, doubtless, had no idea that the whole army followed. He then informed the officers who commanded the detachment,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 8:5
We will flee before them. A common expedient of a sagacious general when contending with undisciplined troops is a strong position. Many instances will occur to the student of history, and among others the celebrated feigned flight of William the Conqueror at Hastings. St. Augustine doubts whether this stratagem were lawful. Cajetan and the Jesuit commentators reply that it was so " quia mendacium non tam facile committitur factis, quam verbis " (Cornelius a Lapide). read more