Joshua 8:2 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 8:2

And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

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ASV

and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

KJV

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst to Jericho and her king,.... Burn the one and slay the other: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; which they were not allowed to do at Jericho: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it; at the west side of it: some have called in question the lawfulness of the ambush, but, as this was appointed by the Lord, there is no room for it.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will do	H6213 →
לָעַ֜י	la.'Ai	to <the> Ai	H5857 →
וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ	u.le.mal.Kah	and to king its	H4428 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
עָשִׂ֤יתָ	'a.Si.ta	you did	H6213 →
לִֽירִיחוֹ֙	li.ri.Cho	to Jericho	H3405 →
וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ	u.le.mal.Kah	and to king its	H4428 →
רַק־	rak-	only	H7535 →
שְׁלָלָ֥הּ	she.la.Lah	booty its	H7998 →
וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ	u.ve.hem.Tah	and livestock its	H929 →
תָּבֹ֣זּוּ	ta.Vo.zu	you will plunder	H962 →
לָכֶ֑ם	la.Khem	for <the> yourselves
שִׂים־	sim-	set	H7760 →
לְךָ֥	le.Kha	for <the> yourself
אֹרֵ֛ב	'o.Rev	an ambush	H693 →
לָעִ֖יר	la.'Ir	for the city	H5892 →
מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃	me.'a.cha.Rei.ha	<from> behind it	H310 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
  To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 27:16–17
  Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Proverbs 28:8
  He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Psalms 37:25
  I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Psalms 112:2
  His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Through
Psalms 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
leads to
- Luke 12:20–21
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 127:2
  In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.