YuēShūyàjì 8:18

18 Yēhéhuá fēnfu Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐ xiàng Aì chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng , yīnwei wǒ yào jiāng chéng jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ . Yuēshūyà jiù xiàng chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng .

YuēShūyàjì 8:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:18

And the Lord said unto Joshua, stretch out the spear that [is]
in thy hand towards Ai
On which was a flag, as Abarbinel and Ben Melech think; and which is not improbable, and served for a signal for the ambush to come out and seize the city, as both they and Jarchi observe, as well as a signal also to the army of Israel to prepare to turn and face about, and engage with the enemy; though they did not actually do this until they saw the smoke of the city, ( Joshua 8:21 ) ;

for I will give it into thine hand;
of which the stretching out of his spear seems also to be a confirming sign to him, and which he kept stretched out until all the inhabitants of Ai were destroyed, ( Joshua 8:26 ) ;

and Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward
the city:
and therefore must turn himself towards it; and it is highly probable that at the same time there was a full stop of the army, and that they immediately turned or prepared to turn about.

YuēShūyàjì 8:18 In-Context

16 Chéng neì de zhòng mín dōu beì zhāo jù , zhuīgǎn tāmen . Aì chéng rén zhuīgǎn de shíhou , jiù beì yǐnyòu líkāi chéng .

17 Aì chéng hé Bótèlì chéng méiyǒu yī rén bú chūlai zhuīgǎn Yǐsèliè rén de , piĕ le chǎngkāi de chéng mén , qù zhuīgǎn Yǐsèliè rén .

18 Yēhéhuá fēnfu Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐ xiàng Aì chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng , yīnwei wǒ yào jiāng chéng jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ . Yuēshūyà jiù xiàng chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng .

19 Tā yī shēnshǒu , fú bīng jiù cóng máifu de dìfang jímáng qǐlai , duó le chéng , pǎo jìn chéng qù , fàng huǒ fùnshāo .

20 Aì chéng de rén huí tóu yī kàn , búliào , chéng zhōng yān qì chōng tiān , tāmen jiù wúlì xiàng zuǒ xiàng yòu taópǎo . nà wǎng kuàngyĕ taópǎo de bǎixìng biàn zhuǎn shēn gōngjī zhuīgǎn tāmende rén .