Navigate
3So 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.
Joshua 8:3 —
Linguistic Insight
— of 15
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Commentary
Matthew Henry
(vv. 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 himself appointed it, and we have no reason to think but that the like is lawful and good in other wars. Here was no league broken, no treaty of peace, that the advantage was gained; no, these are sacred things, and not to be jested with, nor used to serve a turn; truth, when on...
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.