Kommentar zu Jehoschua 8:13
וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ הָעָ֜ם אֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ מִצְּפ֣וֹן לָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־עֲקֵב֖וֹ מִיָּ֣ם לָעִ֑יר וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַה֖וּא בְּת֥וֹךְ הָעֵֽמֶק׃
Das Volk stand also gerüstet, das ganze Lager, welches auf der Nordseite der Stadt, und dessen Hinterhalt zur Westseite der Stadt; Josua ging diese Nacht mitten durch das Tal.
Rashi on Joshua
The people positioned. This positioning expresses readiness to wage war near the [city] wall. This is similar to what is said regarding Ben-Hadad, in I Melachim 20:12, (who said to his servants:) “Position yourselves against the city and they positioned themselves.”
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Rashi on Joshua
And their ambush party their ambushers this word עַקֵבוֹ is similar to וַיעֲקְבֵנִי.5Bereishis 27:36. Eisov said regarding Yaakov, וַיַעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַּעֲמַיִם “He has deceived me twice.” An ambush implies cunning and trickery.
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Rashi on Joshua
That night, Yehoshua walked through the valley Our Sages have said that he lodged in the depth of the law.6Our Sages interpreted the word עֵמֶק as an expression of depth, and they say he spent the night studying Torah. After all the preparations were made and orders given, Yehoshua had time to return to the study of Torah, which is the real protection in time of crisis. He remembered the rebuke of the angel on the night before the fall of Yericho.
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