THEOSISJoshua 8:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.
וַיְצַ֨ו אֹתָ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר רְ֠אוּ אַתֶּ֞ם אֹרְבִ֤ים לָעִיר֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר אַל־תַּרְחִ֥יקוּ מִן־הָעִ֖יר מְאֹ֑ד וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם כֻּלְּכֶ֖ם נְכֹנִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 20:29And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
- Eccl 9:16And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
- 1 Sam 15:5And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.
- Judg 9:25And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by: and it was told Abimelech.
- Josh 8:16But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,
- 1 Sam 15:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.
- Judg 20:33Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also, which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,
- Eccl 7:19It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.