--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . said. See note on Joshua 3:7 . see. Figure of speech Asterienios ( App-6 ). and. Note the Figure of speech Poly" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/8" --- **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . **said.** See note on [Joshua 3:7](../../../kjv/joshua/3/7) . **see.** Figure of speech *Asterienios* ( App-6 ). **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) emphasising each particular. **Jericho.** Compare [Joshua 6:21](../../../kjv/joshua/6/21) . **the cattle.** Compare [Deuteronomy 20:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/20/14) . **Behold.** Figure of speech *Asteriaaeos.* App-6 . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 . **hand.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for the power which is in it ( App-6 ). Compare [Joshua 8:20](../../../kjv/joshua/8/20) , where it is rendered "power. **See.** Figure of speech *Aeteriemos.* App-6 . **between Beth-el and Ai.** The place of Abraham's altar, [Genesis 12:8](../../../kjv/genesis/12/8) *:* so that the place where the promise of the Land was made, is the place where it began to be fulfilled. Abraham had come down from Sichem: Joshua goes up to Sichem, and builds his altar on the same spot where Abraham had built his. Compare [Genesis 12:6-8](../../../kjv/genesis/12/6-8) with [Joshua 8:30-35](../../../kjv/joshua/8/30-35) and [Deuteronomy 11:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/30) . **numbered** = inspected or mustered. **of the city.** Another school of Massorites read "of Ai", with many codices and Aramaic. **went.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "lodged in". **men.** Hebrew, plural of *ish* or *'enosh* . App-14 . **wist not** = knew not. Anglo-Saxon *witan* , to know, **made as if they were beaten.** The only form of the verb in the Hebrew Bible. **in Ai.** Some codices read "in the city", **man.** Hebrew. *ish* . App-14 . **spear** = a short javelin. First occurrence of Hebrew. *kidon.* **behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 . **power.** Hebrew hands. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). for the power put forth by them ( App-6 ). **pursuers** = the pursuing force (singular) **let none.** Compare [Deuteronomy 7:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/2) . **of them.** One Massoretic reading is remain "to him" **consumed** = spent. **destroyed** = devoted. **the cattle.** Compare [Numbers 31:22-28](../../../kjv/numbers/31/22-28) . **commanded Joshua.** Compare [Joshua 8:2](../../../kjv/joshua/8/2) . **heap.** Its only name to-day is "Tell" = the Heap. **as soon as.** Compare [Deuteronomy 21:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/22) , [Deuteronomy 21:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/23) and [Joshua 10:27](../../../kjv/joshua/10/27) , that remaineth. Figure of speech *Parenthesis* (relative). App-6 . **Moses the servant of the LORD.** See note on [Deuteronomy 34:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/5) . **children** = sons. **as** = according as. **Book of the Law.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) ; [Exodus 24:4](../../../kjv/exodus/24/4) ; and App-47 . So that Joshua had a copy of Deuteronomy. **whole stones** . Compare [Exodus 20:25](../../../kjv/exodus/20/25) .[Deuteronomy 27:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/5) . **he wrote.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) . **a copy** = duplicate. **and officers** . Some codices, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "and their officers". **before** = at the first. **the congregation** = assembly (as mustered). **were conversant** . 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