And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplication to him, but rather as encouraging and strengthening him; though chiefly he said this in order to instruct him, and that he might prepare for what he was to do:wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
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Joshua 7:10
Joshua 7:10
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liest: Heb. fallest, Joshua 7:6