ASV_Strong : Joshua 8
1. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Fear[H3372] not[H2865], neither be thou dismayed: take[H3947] all the people[H5971] of war[H4421] with thee[H6965], and arise, go up[H5927] to Ai[H5857]; see[H7200], I have given[H5414] into thy hand[H3027] the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857], and his people[H5971], and his city[H5892], and his land[H776];
2. And thou shalt do[H6213] to Ai[H5857] and her king[H4428] as thou didst[H6213] unto Jericho[H3405] and her king[H4428]: only the spoil[H7998] thereof[H929], and the cattle thereof[H962], shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves[H7760]: set thee an ambush[H693] for the city[H5892] behind it[H310].
3. So Joshua[H3091] arose[H6965], and all the people[H5971] of war[H4421], to go up[H5927] to Ai[H5857]: and Joshua[H3091] chose out[H977] thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] men[H1368], the mighty men[H376] of valor[H2428], and sent them forth[H7971] by night[H3915].
4. And he commanded[H6680] them[H559], saying, Behold[H7200], ye shall lie in ambush[H693] against the city[H5892], behind[H310] the city[H5892]; go[H7368] not very[H3966] far[H7368] from the city[H5892], but be ye all ready[H3559]:
5. and I[H5971], and all the people that are with me[H7126], will approach unto the city[H5892]. And it shall come to pass[H3318], when they come out against[H7125] us[H7223], as at the first, that we will flee[H5127] before them[H6440];
6. and they will come out[H3318] after[H310] us[H5423], till we have drawn them away from the city[H5892]; for they will say[H559], They flee[H5127] before[H6440] us[H7223], as at the first: so we will flee[H5127] before them[H6440];
7. and ye shall rise up[H6965] from the ambush[H693], and take possession[H3423] of the city[H5892]: for Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] will deliver[H5414] it into your hand[H3027].
8. And it shall be[H8610], when ye have seized upon the city[H5892], that ye shall set[H3341] the city[H5892] on fire[H784]; according to the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] shall ye do[H6213]: see[H7200], I have commanded you[H6680].
9. And Joshua[H3091] sent them forth[H7971]; and they went[H3212] to the ambushment[H3993], and abode[H3427] between Beth-el[H1008] and Ai[H5857], on the west side[H3220] of Ai[H5857]: but Joshua[H3091] lodged[H3885] that night[H3915] among[H8432] the people[H5971].
10. And Joshua[H3091] arose up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and mustered[H6485] the people[H5971], and went up[H5927], he and the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], before[H6440] the people[H5971] to Ai[H5857].
11. And all the people[H5971], even the men of war[H4421] that were with him[H5927], went up, and drew nigh[H5066], and came[H935] before the city[H5892], and encamped[H2583] on the north side[H6828] of Ai[H5857]: now there was a valley[H1516] between him and Ai[H5857].
12. And he took[H3947] about five[H2568] thousand[H505] men[H376], and set[H7760] them in ambush[H693] between Beth-el[H1008] and Ai[H5857], on the west side[H3220] of the city[H5857].
13. So they set[H7760] the people[H5971], even all the host[H4264] that was on the north[H6828] of the city[H5892], and their liers-in[H6119]-wait that were on the west[H3220] of the city[H5892]; and Joshua[H3091] went[H3212] that night[H3915] into the midst[H8432] of the valley[H6010].
14. And it came to pass[H4428], when the king of Ai[H5857] saw[H7200] it[H4116], that they hasted and rose up early[H7925], and the men[H582] of the city[H5892] went out[H3318] against[H7125] Israel[H3478] to battle[H4421], he and all his people[H5971], at the time appointed[H4150], before[H6440] the Arabah[H6160]; but he knew[H3045] not that there was an ambush[H693] against him behind[H310] the city[H5892].
15. And Joshua[H3091] and all Israel[H3478] made as if they were beaten[H5060] before[H6440] them[H5127], and fled by the way[H1870] of the wilderness[H4057].
16. And all the people[H5971] that were in the city[H5857] were called[H2199] together to pursue[H7291] after[H310] them[H7291]: and they pursued after[H310] Joshua[H3091], and were drawn away[H5423] from the city[H5892].
17. And there was not a man[H376] left[H7604] in Ai[H5857] or Beth-el[H1008], that went not out[H3318] after[H310] Israel[H3478]: and they left[H5800] the city[H5892] open[H6605], and pursued[H7291] after Israel[H3478].
18. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Stretch out[H5186] the javelin[H3591] that is in thy hand[H3027] toward Ai[H5857]; for I will give[H5414] it into thy hand[H3027]. And Joshua[H3091] stretched out[H5186] the javelin[H3591] that was in his hand[H3027] toward the city[H5892].
19. And the ambush[H693] arose[H6965] quickly[H4120] out of their place[H4725], and they ran[H7323] as soon as he had stretched out[H5186] his hand[H3027], and entered[H935] into the city[H5892], and took[H3920] it[H4116]; and they hasted and set[H3341] the city[H5892] on fire[H784].
20. And when the men[H582] of Ai[H5857] looked[H6437] behind[H310] them[H7200], they saw, and[H6227], behold, the smoke of the city[H5892] ascended up[H5927] to heaven[H8064], and they had no power[H3027] to flee[H5127] this way or that way[H2008]: and the people[H5971] that fled[H5127] to the wilderness[H4057] turned back[H2015] upon the pursuers[H7291].
21. And when Joshua[H3091] and all Israel[H3478] saw[H7200] that the ambush[H693] had taken[H3920] the city[H5892], and that the smoke[H6227] of the city[H5892] ascended[H5927], then they turned again[H7725], and slew[H5221] the men[H582] of Ai[H5857].
22. And the others[H428] came forth[H3318] out of the city[H5892] against[H7125] them[H8432]; so they were in the midst of Israel[H3478], some on this side[H5221], and some on that side: and they smote them[H5704], so that they let[H7604] none of them remain[H8300] or escape[H6412].
23. And the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857] they took[H8610] alive[H2416], and brought[H7126] him to Joshua[H3091].
24. And it came to pass[H3478], when Israel had made an end[H3615] of slaying[H2026] all the inhabitants[H3427] of Ai[H5857] in the field[H7704], in the wilderness[H4057] wherein they pursued[H7291] them[H5307], and they were all fallen by the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], until they were consumed[H8552], that all Israel[H3478] returned[H7725] unto Ai[H5857], and smote[H5221] it with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719].
25. And all that fell[H5307] that day[H3117], both of men[H376] and women[H802], were twelve[H8147] thousand[H505], even all the men[H376] of Ai[H5857].
26. For Joshua[H3091] drew[H7725] not back[H7725] his hand[H3027], wherewith he stretched out[H5186] the javelin[H3591], until he had utterly destroyed[H2763] all the inhabitants[H3427] of Ai[H5857].
27. Only the cattle[H929] and the spoil[H7998] of that city[H5892] Israel[H3478] took for prey[H962] unto themselves[H1697], according unto the word of Jehovah[H3068] which he commanded[H6680] Joshua[H3091].
28. So Joshua[H3091] burnt[H8313] Ai[H5857], and made[H7760] it a heap[H8510] for ever[H5769], even a desolation[H8077], unto this day[H3117].
29. And the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857] he hanged[H8518] on a tree[H6086] until the eventide[H6256]: and at the going down[H935] of the sun[H8121] Joshua[H3091] commanded[H6680], and they took[H3381] his body[H5038] down[H3381] from the tree[H6086], and cast[H7993] it at the entrance[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the city[H5892], and raised[H6965] thereon a great[H1419] heap[H1530] of stones[H68], unto this day[H3117].
30. Then Joshua[H3091] built[H1129] an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], in mount[H2022] Ebal[H5858],
31. as Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], as it is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], an altar[H4196] of unhewn[H8003] stones[H68], upon which no man had lifted up[H5130] any iron[H1270]: and they offered[H5927] thereon burnt-offerings[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068], and sacrificed[H2076] peace-offerings[H5930].
32. And he wrote[H3789] there upon the stones[H68] a copy[H4932] of the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], which he wrote[H3789], in the presence[H6440] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
33. And all Israel[H3478], and their elders[H2205] and officers[H7860], and their judges[H8199], stood[H5975] on this side of the ark[H727] and on that side before the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881], that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068], as well the sojourner[H1616] as the homeborn[H249]; half[H2677] of them in[H413] front[H4136] of mount[H2022] Gerizim[H1630], and half[H2677] of them in front[H4136] of mount[H2022] Ebal[H5858]; as Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] had commanded[H6680] at the first[H7223], that they should bless[H1288] the people[H5971] of Israel[H3478].
34. And afterward[H310] he read[H7121] all the words[H1697] of the law[H8451], the blessing[H1293] and the curse[H7045], according to all that is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451].
35. There was not a word[H1697] of all that Moses[H4872] commanded[H6680], which Joshua[H3091] read[H7121] not before all the assembly[H6951] of Israel[H3478], and the women[H802], and the little ones[H2945], and the sojourners[H1616] that were[H1980] among them[H7130].
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