Here God has laid out for Joshua a different plan to take the city and its possessions. This was a more conventional way of fighting but one that masterful. The city that was to be protected was left abandoned and destroyed. The men of Ai left their fortress to be vulnerable and destroyed. God gave the Israelites the plunder of the city as a reward for their obedience.
The lesson? If God is for you, who can be against you? Safety is not in your surroundings but in the One that protects and leads.
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