Quotes about Joshua
Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
— Joshua 8:5
you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
— Joshua 8:7
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
— Joshua 8:9
Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
— Joshua 8:10
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
— Joshua 8:12
So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
— Joshua 8:13
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
— Joshua 8:15
Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
— Joshua 8:16
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
— Joshua 8:18
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
— Joshua 8:21
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
— Joshua 8:26
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
— Joshua 8:27