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You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: set you an ambush for the city behind it.
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A Different Kind of Battle
Commentators highlight the stark contrast with Jericho. There, all spoil was 'devoted to destruction' as a special offering to God. Here, God permits the Israelites to take the cattle and material goods. This shows that God's commands are specific to the situation; what was forbidden in one context is permitted in another as a provision for His people.
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Joshua
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19th Century
Anglican
Only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take — that is, the material spoil, not the persons of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king Burn the one a…
Presbyterian
When we have faithfully put away sin—that accursed thing which separates us from God—then, and not until then, may we expect to hear from God for o…
