Joshua 8

1 - What did the Lord say unto Joshua after the stoning of Achan?
Ans. (1) Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:
(2) take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
(3) see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land:

2 - What shall be done to Ai?

Ans. Thou shalt do to Ai and her king as what was done unto Jericho
and her king: only the spoil, and the cattle, shall be
taken for a prey
Lay an ambush for the city behind it

3 - How many did Joshua choose to go up against Ai?

Ans. 30,000 mighty men of valour
When did Joshua send them away?
Ans. By night

4 - What did Joshua command them (the children of Israel)?

Ans. (1) ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city:
(2) go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

5 - What will Joshua and the people with him do?

Ans. Approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they
come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before
them

6-7 What shall be done when they (the people of Ai) come out after them and
have drawn them from the city?
Ans. Rise up from ambush, and
Seize upon the city

8 - What shall be done to the city of Ai?

What command was given to the children of Israel when they have the city
of Ai?
Ans. Set the city on fire

9 - Where did the men lie in ambush abode?

Ans. Between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai
 Where did Joshua lodge the night prior the sieze of Ai?
Ans. Among the people

10 - Who went to Ai?

Ans. Joshua and the elders of Israel

11 - Where did all the people (even the people of war) pitch (their tent)?
Ans. On the north side of Ai
What was between them (children of Israel) and Ai?
Ans. a valley

12 - How many men were set to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai?
Ans. 5,000 men
Where did the 5,000 men lie in ambush?
Ans. Between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city

13 - Where was the host of Israel set?

Ans. On the north of the city
Where was the liers in wait set?
Ans. On the west of the city
Where did Joshua go that night?
Ans. Into the midst of the valley

14 - What did the king of Ai do when they saw it (the host that was on the
north of the city)?
Ans. They hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went
out against Israel to battle before the plain
What did the king of Ai not know/wist not?
Ans. that there were liers in ambush against him behind
the city

15 - Where did Joshua and all Israel fled to?

Ans. by the way of the wilderness

16-17 Who pursued after Joshua and all Israel?

Ans. All the people that were in Ai
How many were left in Ai or Bethel?
Ans. Not a man; 0
Describe how the city was left as the people of Ai pursued Israel.
Ans. The city was left open
18 - What did the Lord say unto Joshua as the people of Ai pursued after them?
Ans. Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will
give it into thine hand.
What was in Joshua’s hand?
Ans. spear
To where did Joshua stretch out the spear?
Ans. Toward the city

19 - And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he
had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and
hasted and set the city on fire.

20 - To where did the people of Ai flee to?

Ans. To the wilderness

Read verses 19 to 24 for the happenings; familiarize

21 - What ascended from the city?

Ans. Smoke

22 - Who were in the midst of Israel?

Ans. Men of Ai

23 - Who was taken alive out of Ai? To whom was he brought?

Ans. King of Ai;
To Joshua

25 - How many fell that day?

Ans. 12,000 men (both of men and women, even all the men of Ai)

26 - For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 - What was taken for a pray unto the men of Israel according to the word of
the Lord?
Ans. Only the cattle and the spoil of that city

28 - To what was Ai turned into after Joshua burnt it?

Ans. made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day
29 - What happened to the king of Ai?
Ans. He was hanged on a tree until eventide
When was his carcase taken down from the tree?
Ans. As soon as the sun was down
Where was his carcase cast out?
Ans. At the entering of the gate of the city
What was raised at the gate of the city which remained unto this day?
Ans. Great heap of stones
What was taken down from the tree?
Ans. Carcase

30 - Where did Joshua build an altar unto the Lord God of Israel?
Ans. in mount Ebal

31 - How was the altar made?

Ans. An altar of whole stones, over which no man has lift up any
iron
Made with whole stones over which no man has lift up any iron
What did the children of Israel offered and sacrificed?
Ans. Offered burnt offerings
Sacrificed peace offerings

32 - What was written upon the stones?

Ans. A copy of the law of Moses

33 - On what mountains did the children of Israel stood?

Half and half of Israel stood on what mounts/mountains?
Ans. Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal
Who stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests?
Ans. All Israel, their
Elders, and
Officers, and their
Judges
Stranger (he that was born among them)
Who stood in between all of Israel?
Who bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord?
Who are commanded to bless the people of Israel?
Ans. The priests the Levites
What was Moses’ command that they (the priests the Levites) should do?
Ans. They should bless the people of Israel
34 - What did Joshua read to the people?
Ans. all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according
to all that is written in the book of the law.

35 - To whom did Moses read all that Moses commanded?

Ans. All the congretation of Israel, with the women, and the little
ones, and the strangers
Who were conversant among them?
Ans. Strangers
Was there a word that Joshua did not read from what Moses commanded
to Israel?
Ans. Not a word