Joshua 8:7

7 you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The LORD your God will give it into your hand.

Joshua 8:7 in Other Translations

7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will give it into your hand.

7 you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the LORD your God will give it to you.

7 That's your signal to spring from your ambush and take the city. God, your God, will hand it to you on a platter.

7 you are to come out of your ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God has handed it over to you.

Joshua 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:7

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush
When they should see a signal made, that in ( Joshua 8:18 Joshua 8:19 ) ; and when their watch, they might set in a proper place, should see Israel flee, and the men of Ai at a distance from their city, pursuing, and give notice of it to the ambush:

and seize upon the city;
enter into it, and take possession of it, its fortresses, and secure its passes:

for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand;
Joshua expresses himself with great confidence, having the promise of God, and relying on it.

Joshua 8:7 In-Context

5 I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them.

6 They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them,

7 you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The LORD your God will give it into your hand.

8 When you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do what the LORD has commanded. See to it; you have my orders.”

9 Then Joshua sent them off, 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 with the people.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 7:7; 1 Samuel 23:4