Yehoshua 10:8

8 And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thine yad; there shall not an ish of them stand before thee.

Yehoshua 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:8

And the Lord said unto Joshua
Either when upon the march, and while he was proceeding on in his journey to the assistance of the Gibeonites, or rather before he set out; and it is highly probable he consulted the Lord on this occasion, having, it may be, some doubt on his mind, whether he should go to their assistance, since the league between them was obtained by fraud; and the words may be rendered, "and the Lord hath said" ^F14: before he set forward with his men of war:

fear them not;
the five kings, and their combined army:

for I have delivered them into thine hand;
had determined to do it, and which was as certain as if it had been actually done:

there shall not a man of them stand before thee;
but be either cut off, or obliged to flee.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (rmayw) "et dixerat", Masius, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Yehoshua 10:8 In-Context

6 And the anshei Giv’on sent unto Yehoshua to the machaneh at Gilgal, saying, Abandon not thy yad from thy avadim; come up to us quickly, save us, help us; for all the melachim of HaEmori that dwell in the har are gathered together against us.

7 So Yehoshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and kol Am HaMilchamah with him, and kol gibborei hachayil.

8 And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thine yad; there shall not an ish of them stand before thee.

9 Yehoshua therefore came unto them pitom, and went up from Gilgal kol halailah.

10 And Hashem threw them into confusion before Yisroel, and struck them with a makkah gedolah at Giv’on, and pursued them along the derech that goeth up to Beit-Choron, and cut them down to Azekah, and to Makkedah.