Joshua 8:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 8:8

6 For they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ Therefore we will flee before them.

7 Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

8 And it will be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the commandment of the Lord you shall do. ^aSee, I have commanded you.”

9 Joshua therefore sent them out; and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

10 Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

11 ^aAnd all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near; and they came before the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now a valley lay between them and Ai.

12 So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

13 And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 Now it happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place before the plain. But he ^adid not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

15 And Joshua and all Israel ^amade as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 8:8

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American Standard Version
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.

Amplified® Bible
When you have taken the city, you shall set it afire; as the Lord commanded, you shall do. See, I have commanded you.

Contemporary English Version
Then set it on fire, as the LORD has told us to do. Those are your orders,

Darby English Version
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

Good News Bible
After you have taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD has commanded. These are your orders."

King James Version
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

New American Standard Bible
"Then it will be when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do {it} according to the word of the LORD. See, I have commanded you."

New International Version
When you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do what the LORD has commanded. See to it; you have my orders."

New King James Version
And it will be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the commandment of the LORD you shall do. See, I have commanded you.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then it will come to pass when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it according to the word of the LORD. See, I have commanded you."

Revised Standard Version
And when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, doing as the LORD has bidden; see, I have commanded you."

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'

New English Translation
When you capture the city, set it¹ on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”²

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