Joshua 8:4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And he commanded them, saying,.... At the time he sent them away:
behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city; that is, on the west side of it, Jos 8:9,
go not very far…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
go not very far from the city They would station themselves high up in the Wâdy Harith, at no great distance from the city, and between it and Bethel.
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