YuēShūyàjì 10:19

19 Nǐmen què bùkĕ dān yán , yào zhuīgǎn nǐmen de chóudí , jī shā tāmen jìn hòubiān de rén , bùróng tāmen jìn zìjǐ de chéngyì , yīnwei Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén yǐjing bǎ tāmen jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu lǐ .

YuēShūyàjì 10:19 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:19

And stay you not, [but] pursue after your enemies
That is, do not stay at this cave, but having placed a sufficient guard there, go in pursuit of the enemy, with as much celerity as possible:

and smite the hindmost of them;
their rear; or "tail" them ^F15, as the word is, cut off the tail of them:

suffer them not to enter their cities;
where they would not only be safe themselves for a while, but would be able to hold out against a siege for some time, and give much trouble to conquer them:

for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hands;
this he said to encourage them, and quicken them to the pursuit of them with all eagerness and vehemence. According to the Samaritan Chronicle ^F16, the signal or watchword was,

``God is strong in battle, God is his name.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mtba) "caudam eorum caedite", Pagninus, Vatablus, Masius, Drusius; "et decaudetis eos", Montanus; "decaudabitis eos", Munster.
F16 Apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 509.

YuēShūyàjì 10:19 In-Context

17 Yǒu rén gàosu Yuēshūyà shuō , nà wǔ wáng yǐjing zhǎo dào le , dōu cáng zaì Mǎjīdà dòng lǐ .

18 Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐmen bǎ jǐ kuaì dà shítou gún dào dòng kǒu , paì rén kānshǒu ,

19 Nǐmen què bùkĕ dān yán , yào zhuīgǎn nǐmen de chóudí , jī shā tāmen jìn hòubiān de rén , bùróng tāmen jìn zìjǐ de chéngyì , yīnwei Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén yǐjing bǎ tāmen jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu lǐ .

20 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè rén dàdà shā baì tāmen , zhídào jiāng tāmen miè jìn . qízhōng shèngxia de rén dōu jìn le jiāngù de chéng .

21 Zhòng bǎixìng jiù ānrán huí Mǎjīdà yíng zhōng , dào Yuēshūyà nàli . méiyǒu yī rén gǎn xiàng Yǐsèliè rén raó shé .