Joshua 8:8

And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, [that] ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

And it shall be, when ye have taken {H8610} the city {H5892}, that ye shall set {H3341} the city {H5892} on fire {H784}: according to the commandment {H1697} of the LORD {H3068} shall ye do {H6213}. See {H7200}, I have commanded {H6680} you.

When you have captured the city, you are to set it on fire; do according to what ADONAI has said. Those are your orders."

And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”

And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 1:9 (3 votes)

    Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • Joshua 1:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

  • 2 Samuel 13:28 (3 votes)

    Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

  • Judges 4:6 (2 votes)

    And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

  • Joshua 8:28 (2 votes)

    And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

  • Joshua 6:24 (2 votes)

    And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.