How gracious the Lord promiseth! Is it not so, in all our wars? The final issue is not doubtful. Romans 16:20. Observe how the Lord giveth the spoil and the cattle now to Israel, not as in the case of Jericho. See Joshua 6:19. And observe, moreover, that the Lord graciously condescendeth to teach Joshua, by an ambush, how to war. The prophet Isaiah, ascribeth the knowledge of the husbandman to the Lord's teaching. And David refers all his power and might in war to the same source: compare Isaiah 28:24 to the end, with Psalms 144:1-19. It is most sweet and precious, to refer all our powers, of what kind soever they may be, unto the Lord. Isaiah 42:16.
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Joshua 8:2
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.