Joshua 8:1 And Jehovah3068 said559 unto Joshua,3091 Fear3372 not, neither be thou dismayed:2865 take3947 all the people5971 of war4421 with thee, and arise,6965 go up5927 to Ai;5857 see,7200 I have given5414 into thy hand3027 the king4428 of Ai,5857 and his people,5971 and his city,5892 and his land;776 cr 2 And thou shalt do6213 to Ai5857 and her king4428 as thou didst6213 unto Jericho3405 and her king:4428 only the spoil7998 thereof, and the cattle929 thereof, shall ye take for a prey962 unto yourselves: set7760 thee an ambush693 for the city5892 behind it.310 cr

Joshua 8:3 So Joshua3091 arose,6965 and all the people5971 of war,4421 to go up5927 to Ai:5857 and Joshua3091 chose out977 thirty7970 thousand505 men, the mighty1368 men376 of valor,2428 and sent them forth7971 by night.3915 cr 4 And he commanded6680 them, saying,559 Behold,7200 ye shall lie in ambush693 against the city,5892 behind310 the city;5892 go7368 not very3966 far7368 from the city,5892 but be ye all ready:3559 cr 5 and I, and all the people5971 that are with me, will approach7126 unto the city.5892 And it shall come to pass, when they come out3318 against7125 us, as at the first,7223 that we will flee5127 before them;6440 cr 6 and they will come out3318 after310 us, till we have drawn5423 them away from the city;5892 for they will say,559 They flee5127 before6440 us, as at the first:7223 so we will flee5127 before them;6440 cr 7 and ye shall rise up6965 from the ambush,693 and take possession3423 of the city:5892 for Jehovah3068 your God430 will deliver5414 it into your hand.3027 cr 8 And it shall be, when ye have seized8610 upon the city,5892 that ye shall set3341 the city5892 on fire;784 according to the word1697 of Jehovah3068 shall ye do:6213 see,7200 I have commanded you.6680 cr 9 And Joshua3091 sent them forth;7971 and they went3212 to the ambushment,3993 and abode3427 between Beth-el1008 and Ai,5857 on the west side3220 of Ai:5857 but Joshua3091 lodged3885 that night3915 among8432 the people.5971 cr

Joshua 8:10 And Joshua3091 arose up early7925 in the morning,1242 and mustered6485 the people,5971 and went up,5927 he and the elders2205 of Israel,3478 before6440 the people5971 to Ai.5857 cr 11 And all the people,5971 even the men of war4421 that were with him, went up,5927 and drew nigh,5066 and came935 before the city,5892 and encamped2583 on the north side6828 of Ai:5857 now there was a valley1516 between him and Ai.5857 cr 12 And he took3947 about five2568 thousand505 men,376 and set7760 them in ambush693 between Beth-el1008 and Ai,5857 on the west side3220 of the{Another reading is, Ai.} city.5857 cr 13 So{Or, So the people set all etc.} they set7760 the people,5971 even all the host4264 that was on the north6828 of the city,5892 and their liers-in-wait6119 that were on the west3220 of the city;5892 and Joshua3091 went3212{Some manuscripts read, lodged that night in} that night3915 into the midst8432 of the valley.6010 cr 14 And it came to pass, when the king4428 of Ai5857 saw7200 it, that they hasted4116 and rose up early,7925 and the men582 of the city5892 went out3318 against7125 Israel3478 to battle,4421 he and all his people,5971 at{Or, to the place appointed} the time appointed,4150 before6440 the Arabah;6160 but he knew3045 not that there was an ambush693 against him behind310 the city.5892 cr 15 And Joshua3091 and all Israel3478 made as if they were beaten5060 before6440 them, and fled5127 by the way1870 of the wilderness.4057 cr 16 And all the people5971 that were in the{Another reading is, Ai} city5857 were called2199 together to pursue7291 after310 them: and they pursued7291 after310 Joshua,3091 and were drawn away5423 from the city.5892 cr 17 And there was not a man376 left7604 in Ai5857 or Beth-el,1008 that went not out3318 after310 Israel:3478 and they left5800 the city5892 open,6605 and pursued7291 after Israel.3478 cr

Joshua 8:18 And Jehovah3068 said559 unto Joshua,3091 Stretch out5186 the javelin3591 that is in thy hand3027 toward Ai;5857 for I will give5414 it into thy hand.3027 And Joshua3091 stretched out5186 the javelin3591 that was in his hand3027 toward the city.5892 cr 19 And the ambush693 arose6965 quickly4120 out of their place,4725 and they ran7323 as soon as he had stretched out5186 his hand,3027 and entered935 into the city,5892 and took3920 it; and they hasted4116 and set3341 the city5892 on fire.784 cr 20 And when the men582 of Ai5857 looked6437 behind310 them, they saw,7200 and, behold, the smoke6227 of the city5892 ascended up5927 to heaven,8064 and they had no power3027{Hebrew hands.} to flee5127 this way or that way:2008 and the people5971 that fled5127 to the wilderness4057 turned back2015 upon the pursuers.7291 cr 21 And when Joshua3091 and all Israel3478 saw7200 that the ambush693 had taken3920 the city,5892 and that the smoke6227 of the city5892 ascended,5927 then they turned again,7725 and slew5221 the men582 of Ai.5857 cr 22 And the others428 came forth3318 out of the city5892 against7125 them; so they were in the midst8432 of Israel,3478 some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote5221 them, so that5704 they let7604 none of them remain8300 or escape.6412 cr 23 And the king4428 of Ai5857 they took8610 alive,2416 and brought7126 him to Joshua.3091 cr

Joshua 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel3478 had made an end3615 of slaying2026 all the inhabitants3427 of Ai5857 in the field,7704 in the wilderness4057 wherein they pursued7291 them, and they were all fallen5307 by the edge6310 of the sword,2719 until they were consumed,8552 that all Israel3478 returned7725 unto Ai,5857 and smote5221 it with the edge6310 of the sword.2719 cr 25 And all that fell5307 that day,3117 both of men376 and women,802 were twelve8147 thousand,505 even all the men376 of Ai.5857 cr 26 For Joshua3091 drew7725 not back7725 his hand,3027 wherewith he stretched out5186 the javelin,3591 until he had utterly{Hebrew devoted.} destroyed2763 all the inhabitants3427 of Ai.5857 cr 27 Only the cattle929 and the spoil7998 of that city5892 Israel3478 took for prey962 unto themselves, according unto the word1697 of Jehovah3068 which he commanded6680 Joshua.3091 cr 28 So Joshua3091 burnt8313 Ai,5857 and made7760 it a heap8510{Or, mound Hebrew tel.} for ever,5769 even a desolation,8077 unto this day.3117 cr 29 And the king4428 of Ai5857 he hanged8518 on a tree6086 until the eventide:6256 and at the going down935 of the sun8121 Joshua3091 commanded,6680 and they took3381 his body5038 down3381 from the tree,6086 and cast7993 it at the entrance6607 of the gate8179 of the city,5892 and raised6965 thereon a great1419 heap1530 of stones,68 unto this day.3117 cr

Joshua 8:30 Then Joshua3091 built1129 an altar4196 unto Jehovah,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 in mount2022 Ebal,5858 cr 31 as Moses4872 the servant5650 of Jehovah3068 commanded6680 the children1121 of Israel,3478 as it is written3789 in the book5612 of the law8451 of Moses,4872 an altar4196 of unhewn8003{Hebrew whole.} stones,68 upon which no man had lifted up5130 any iron:1270 and they offered5927 thereon burnt-offerings5930 unto Jehovah,3068 and sacrificed2076 peace-offerings.5930 cr 32 And he wrote3789 there upon the stones68 a copy4932 of the law8451 of Moses,4872 which{Or, which he wrote in etc.} he wrote,3789 in the presence6440 of the children1121 of Israel.3478 cr 33 And all Israel,3478 and their elders2205 and officers,7860 and their judges,8199 stood5975 on this side of the ark727 and on that side before the priests3548 the Levites,3881 that bare5375 the ark727 of the covenant1285 of Jehovah,3068 as well the sojourner1616 as the homeborn;249 half2677 of them in413 front4136 of mount2022 Gerizim,1630 and half2677 of them in front4136 of mount2022 Ebal;5858 as Moses4872 the servant5650 of Jehovah3068 had commanded6680{Or, commanded that they should bless the people of Israel first of all} at the first,7223 that they should bless1288 the people5971 of Israel.3478 cr 34 And afterward310 he read7121 all the words1697 of the law,8451 the blessing1293 and the curse,7045 according to all that is written3789 in the book5612 of the law.8451 cr 35 There was not a word1697 of all that Moses4872 commanded,6680 which Joshua3091 read7121 not before all the assembly6951 of Israel,3478 and the women,802 and the little ones,2945 and the sojourners1616 that were1980{Hebrew walked.} among them.7130 cr