Theme of chapter: Through the power of God, Israel defeats and destroys Ai.
Most important verse: Joshua 8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: (the flesh is desperately wicked and isn't easily defeated as Israel found out the hard way)Most prominent word: Ai (ruin, the heap)
Command to obey: Overcoming the flesh is a difficult thing. you can't shake it until you die. Pray and repent of sins daily.
New truth learned: The people of Israel used a military tactic in this instance. The drew the entire army of Ai away from the city with a ploy of coming up on Ai and then fleeing like before when they were defeated. When the Ai armies chased them, there were 30,000 men of Israel waiting to pounce on the city and burn it to the ground. Once that was completed, all of Israel turned and completely destroyed the Ai army.
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