ambush

  • Genesis in Joshua

    He commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. Joshua 8:4 NASB Going to ambush – How do you know what a word means?  You might respond, “Look in the dictionary,” but a dictionary is just…

  • Extra-Ordinary

    So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of the valley. Joshua 8:13 NASB Stationed/ rear guard – The verse makes perfect sense in English, but in Hebrew…

  • Once More, with Feeling!

    To the woman He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception – bring forth children in pain.  And your desire is for your husband, and he does rule over you.”  Genesis 3:16  (translation SRI) Greatly increase – It’s been several years since I published my book about the Hebrew view of woman…