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BACK IN COMMAND
Text: Joshua 8
12 April 2010
BACK IN COMMAND
1. The Lord’s role as Commander of the Lord’s Army Joshua 5:14-15
2. Inspiration
a) Fear dismissed
“Do not be afraid” Joshua 8:1b
b) Anxiety dismissed
“Do not be dismayed” Joshua 8:1c
c) Victory assured
“I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land” Joshua 8:1f
3. Instruction
a) Involvement of the whole army
“Take all the people of war with you” Joshua 8:1d
b) War Strategy “Lay an ambush for the city” Joshua 8:2c
c) Spoils of war allowed for
“Only the spoil and its cattle you shall take as booty for yourselves” Joshua 8:2b
ALL GEARED UP
1. Choosing of a fighting force of 30,000 men Joshua 8:3 (Cf. Joshua 7:3-4)
2. Commands given to the army Joshua 8:3-8
a) Fleeing before the Ai army Joshua 8:4-6
b) Capturing the city of Ai and razing it to the ground Joshua 8:7-8
LEADING THE PEOPLE
1. Involvement and Identification
“Joshua lodged that night among the people” Joshua 8:9
2. A good example
“Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people” Joshua 8:10a
3.Involvement
“He and the elders went up before the people” Joshua 8:10b
EXECUTING THE BATTLE PLAN
Ambush plans Joshua 8:11-13
1. Rehearsed
2. Executed
AI FALLS INTO THE TRAP
1. They were ignorant of the ambush Joshua 8:14
2. They left the city open Joshua 8:17
A SIGNAL FROM THE LORD
1. Symbol of the spear
“Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai” Joshua 8:18a
“Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of the land” Joshua 8:26
2. Ambush began Joshua 8:19-29
a) Ai defeated and razed to the ground Joshua 8:28
b) King of Ai hanged Joshua 8:29a
c) His body was then taken down and buried under a great heap of stones Joshua 8:29b
d) Booty taken- “according to the Word of the LORD” Joshua 8:27b
i) Livestock Joshua 8:27
ii) The spoil of the city Joshua 8:27