5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)The story of this chapter begins with a but. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised through all that country , so the foregoing chapter ends, and it left no room to doubt but that he would go on as he had begun conquering and to conquer . He did right, and observed his orders in every thing. But the children of Israel committed a trespass , and so set God against them; and then even Jos...
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