* Stretch.
7,26 Ex 8:5 17:11 Job 15:25
* the spear.
The word {keedon} is rendered {clypeum,} a shield or buckler,
by the Vulgate but the LXX. translate it [gaison,] which
Suidas says, signifies a kind of weapon, [hoion doratos,] like
a spear. It may denote a short spear, javelin, or lance; for
it is evident that it signifies neither the larger spear nor
the shield, because it is distinguished from both.
1Sa 17:6,41,45 Job 39:23
Joshua may have had a flag or ensign at the end of the spear,
which might be seen at a considerable distance when extended,
which was the sign agreed upon by him and the ambush.
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