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1. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Joshua,[H3091] Fear[H3372] not,[H408] neither[H408] be thou dismayed:[H2865] take[H3947] [H853] all[H3605] the people[H5971] of war[H4421] with[H5973] thee, and arise,[H6965] go up[H5927] to Ai:[H5857] see,[H7200] I have given[H5414] into thy hand[H3027] [H853] 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[H834] thou didst[H6213] unto Jericho[H3405] and her king:[H4428] only[H7535] the spoil[H7998] thereof, and the cattle[H929] thereof, shall ye take for a prey[H962] unto yourselves: lay[H7760] thee an ambush[H693] for the city[H5892] behind[H4480] [H310] it.

3. So Joshua[H3091] arose,[H6965] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] of war,[H4421] to go up[H5927] against Ai:[H5857] and Joshua[H3091] chose out[H977] thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] mighty[H1368] men[H376] of valor,[H2428] and sent them away[H7971] by night.[H3915]

4. And he commanded[H6680] them, saying,[H559] Behold,[H7200] ye[H859] shall lie in wait[H693] against the city,[H5892] even behind[H4480] [H310] the city:[H5892] go[H7368] not[H408] very[H3966] far from[H4480] the city,[H5892] but be[H1961] ye all[H3605] ready: [H3559]

5. And I,[H589] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] are with[H854] me, will approach[H7126] unto[H413] the city:[H5892] and it shall come to pass,[H1961] when[H3588] they come out[H3318] against[H7125] us, as[H834] at the first,[H7223] that we will flee[H5127] before[H6440] them,

6. (For they will come out[H3318] after[H310] us) till[H5704] we have drawn[H5423] them from[H4480] the city;[H5892] for[H3588] they will say,[H559] They flee[H5127] before[H6440] us, as[H834] at the first:[H7223] therefore we will flee[H5127] before[H6440] them.

7. Then ye[H859] shall rise up[H6965] from the ambush,[H4480] [H693] and seize upon[H3423] [H853] the city:[H5892] for the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] will deliver[H5414] it into your hand.[H3027]

8. And it shall be,[H1961] when ye have taken[H8610] [H853] the city,[H5892] that ye shall set[H3341] [H853] the city[H5892] on fire:[H784] according to the commandment[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] shall ye do.[H6213] See,[H7200] I have commanded[H6680] you.

9. Joshua[H3091] therefore sent them forth:[H7971] and they went[H1980] to[H413] lie in ambush,[H3993] and abode[H3427] between[H996] Bethel[H1008] and Ai,[H5857] on the west side[H4480] [H3220] of Ai:[H5857] but Joshua[H3091] lodged[H3885] that[H1931] night[H3915] among[H8432] the people.[H5971]

10. And Joshua[H3091] rose up early[H7925] in the morning,[H1242] and numbered[H6485] [H853] the people,[H5971] and went up,[H5927] he[H1931] and the elders[H2205] of Israel,[H3478] before[H6440] the people[H5971] to Ai.[H5857]

11. And all[H3605] the people,[H5971] even the people of war[H4421] that[H834] were with[H854] him, went up,[H5927] and drew nigh,[H5066] and came[H935] before[H5048] the city,[H5892] and pitched[H2583] on the north side[H4480] [H6828] of Ai:[H5857] now there was a valley[H1516] between[H996] them and Ai.[H5857]

12. And he took[H3947] about five[H2568] thousand[H505] men,[H376] and set[H7760] them to lie in ambush[H693] between[H996] Bethel[H1008] and Ai,[H5857] on the west side[H4480] [H3220] of the city.[H5892]

13. And when they had set[H7760] the people,[H5971] even[H853] all[H3605] the host[H4264] that[H834] was on the north[H4480] [H6828] of the city,[H5892] and their liers in wait[H6119] on the west[H4480] [H3220] of the city,[H5892] Joshua[H3091] went[H1980] that[H1931] night[H3915] into the midst[H8432] of the valley.[H6010]

14. And it came to pass,[H1961] when the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857] saw[H7200] it, that they hasted[H4116] and rose up early,[H7925] and the men[H376] of the city[H5892] went out[H3318] against[H7125] Israel[H3478] to battle,[H4421] he[H1931] and all[H3605] his people,[H5971] at a time appointed,[H4150] before[H6440] the plain;[H6160] but he[H1931] knew[H3045] not[H3808] that[H3588] there were liers in ambush[H693] against him behind[H4480] [H310] the city.[H5892]

15. And Joshua[H3091] and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] made as if they were beaten[H5060] before[H6440] them, and fled[H5127] by the way[H1870] of the wilderness.[H4057]

16. And all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were in Ai[H5857] were called together[H2199] to pursue[H7291] after[H310] them: and they pursued[H7291] after[H310] Joshua,[H3091] and were drawn away[H5423] from[H4480] the city.[H5892]

17. And there was not[H3808] a man[H376] left[H7604] in Ai[H5857] or Bethel,[H1008] that[H834] went not out[H3318] [H3808] after[H310] Israel:[H3478] and they left[H5800] [H853] the city[H5892] open,[H6605] and pursued[H7291] after[H310] Israel.[H3478]

18. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Joshua,[H3091] Stretch out[H5186] the spear[H3591] that[H834] is in thy hand[H3027] toward[H413] Ai;[H5857] for[H3588] I will give[H5414] it into thine hand.[H3027] And Joshua[H3091] stretched out[H5186] the spear[H3591] that[H834] he had in his hand[H3027] toward[H413] the city.[H5892]

19. And the ambush[H693] arose[H6965] quickly[H4120] out of their place,[H4480] [H4725] and they ran[H7323] as soon as he had stretched out[H5186] his hand:[H3027] and they entered[H935] into the city,[H5892] and took[H3920] it, and hasted[H4116] and set[H3341] [H853] the city[H5892] on fire.[H784]

20. And when the men[H376] of Ai[H5857] looked[H6437] behind[H310] them, they saw,[H7200] and, behold,[H2009] the smoke[H6227] of the city[H5892] ascended up[H5927] to heaven,[H8064] and they had[H1961] no[H3808] power[H3027] to flee[H5127] this way[H2008] or that way:[H2008] and the people[H5971] that fled[H5127] to the wilderness[H4057] turned back[H2015] upon[H413] the pursuers.[H7291]

21. And when Joshua[H3091] and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] saw[H7200] that[H3588] the ambush[H693] had taken[H3920] [H853] the city,[H5892] and that[H3588] the smoke[H6227] of the city[H5892] ascended,[H5927] then they turned again,[H7725] and slew[H5221] [H853] the men[H376] of Ai.[H5857]

22. And the other[H428] issued out[H3318] of[H4480] the city[H5892] against[H7125] them; so they were[H1961] in the midst[H8432] of Israel,[H3478] some[H428] on this side,[H4480] [H2088] and some[H428] on that side:[H4480] [H2088] and they smote[H5221] them, so[H5704] that they let none[H1115] of them remain[H7604] or escape.[H6412]

23. And the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857] they took[H8610] alive,[H2416] and brought[H7126] him to[H413] Joshua.[H3091]

24. And it came to pass,[H1961] when Israel[H3478] had made an end[H3615] of slaying[H2026] [H853] all[H3605] the inhabitants[H3427] of Ai[H5857] in the field,[H7704] in the wilderness[H4057] wherein[H834] they chased[H7291] them, and when they were all[H3605] fallen[H5307] on the edge[H6310] of the sword,[H2719] until[H5704] they were consumed,[H8552] that all[H3605] the Israelites[H3478] returned[H7725] unto Ai,[H5857] and smote[H5221] it with the edge[H6310] of the sword.[H2719]

25. And so it was,[H1961] that all[H3605] that fell[H5307] that[H1931] day,[H3117] both of men[H4480] [H376] and women,[H802] were twelve[H8147] [H6240] thousand,[H505] even all[H3605] the men[H376] of Ai.[H5857]

26. For Joshua[H3091] drew[H7725] not[H3808] his hand[H3027] back, wherewith[H834] he stretched out[H5186] the spear,[H3591] until[H5704] [H834] he had utterly destroyed[H2763] [H853] all[H3605] the inhabitants[H3427] of Ai.[H5857]

27. Only[H7535] the cattle[H929] and the spoil[H7998] of that[H1931] city[H5892] Israel[H3478] took for a prey[H962] unto themselves, according unto the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] which[H834] he commanded[H6680] [H853] Joshua.[H3091]

28. And Joshua[H3091] burnt[H8313] [H853] Ai,[H5857] and made[H7760] it a heap[H8510] forever,[H5769] even a desolation[H8077] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

29. And the king[H4428] of Ai[H5857] he hanged[H8518] on[H5921] a tree[H6086] until[H5704] eventide:[H6256] [H6153] and as soon as the sun[H8121] was down,[H935] Joshua[H3091] commanded[H6680] that they should take his carcass down[H3381] [H853] [H5038] from[H4480] the tree,[H6086] and cast[H7993] it at[H413] the entering[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the city,[H5892] and raise[H6965] thereon[H5921] a great[H1419] heap[H1530] of stones,[H68] that remaineth unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

30. Then[H227] Joshua[H3091] built[H1129] an altar[H4196] unto the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] in mount[H2022] Ebal,[H5858]

31. As[H834] Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the Lord[H3068] commanded[H6680] [H853] 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 whole[H8003] stones,[H68] over[H5921] which[H834] no[H3808] man hath lifted up[H5130] any iron:[H1270] and they offered[H5927] thereon[H5921] burnt offerings[H5930] unto the LORD,[H3068] and sacrificed[H2076] peace offerings.[H8002]

32. And he wrote[H3789] there[H8033] upon[H5921] the stones[H68] [H853] a copy[H4932] of the law[H8451] of Moses,[H4872] which[H834] he wrote[H3789] in the presence[H6440] of the children[H1121] of Israel.[H3478]

33. And all[H3605] Israel,[H3478] and their elders,[H2205] and officers,[H7860] and their judges,[H8199] stood[H5975] on this side[H4480] [H2088] the ark[H727] and on that side[H4480] [H2088] before[H5048] the priests[H3548] the Levites,[H3881] which bore[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD,[H3068] as well the stranger,[H1616] as he that was born among them;[H249] half[H2677] of them over[H413] against[H4136] mount[H2022] Gerizim,[H1630] and half[H2677] of them over[H413] against[H4136] mount[H2022] Ebal;[H5858] as[H834] Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the Lord[H3068] had commanded[H6680] before,[H7223] that they should bless[H1288] [H853] the people[H5971] of Israel.[H3478]

34. And afterward[H310] [H3651] he read[H7121] [H853] all[H3605] the words[H1697] of the law,[H8451] the blessings[H1293] and cursings,[H7045] according to all[H3605] that is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the law.[H8451]

35. There was[H1961] not[H3808] a word[H1697] of all[H4480] [H3605] that[H834] Moses[H4872] commanded,[H6680] which[H834] Joshua[H3091] read[H7121] not[H3808] before[H5048] all[H3605] the congregation[H6951] of Israel,[H3478] with the women,[H802] and the little[H2945] ones, and the strangers[H1616] that were conversant[H1980] among[H7130] them.