Joshua 8:1-35 And the LORD said unto Joshua , Fear not, neither be thou dismayed : take all the people of war with thee, and arise , go up to Ai : see , I have given into thy hand the king of Ai , and his people , and his city , and his land:

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1 H3068 And the LORD H559 said [H8799] H3091 unto Joshua H3372 , Fear [H8799] H2865 not, neither be thou dismayed [H8735] H3947 : take [H8798] H5971 all the people H4421 of war H6965 with thee, and arise [H8798] H5927 , go up [H8798] H5857 to Ai H7200 : see [H8798] H5414 , I have given [H8804] H3027 into thy hand H4428 the king H5857 of Ai H5971 , and his people H5892 , and his city H776 , and his land:

2 H6213 And thou shalt do [H8804] H5857 to Ai H4428 and her king H6213 as thou didst [H8804] H3405 unto Jericho H4428 and her king H7998 : only the spoil H929 thereof, and the cattle H962 thereof, shall ye take for a prey [H8799] H7760 unto yourselves: lay [H8798] H693 thee an ambush [H8802] H5892 for the city H310 behind it.

3 H3091 So Joshua H6965 arose [H8799] H5971 , and all the people H4421 of war H5927 , to go up [H8800] H5857 against Ai H3091 : and Joshua H977 chose out [H8799] H7970 thirty H505 thousand H1368 mighty H376 men H2428 of valour H7971 , and sent them away [H8799] H3915 by night.

4 H6680 And he commanded [H8762] H559 them, saying [H8800] H7200 , Behold [H8798] H693 , ye shall lie in wait [H8802] H5892 against the city H310 , even behind H5892 the city H7368 : go H3966 not very H7368 far [H8686] H5892 from the city H3559 , but be ye all ready [H8737] :

5 H5971 And I, and all the people H7126 that are with me, will approach [H8799] H5892 unto the city H3318 : and it shall come to pass, when they come out [H8799] H7125 against [H8800] H7223 us, as at the first H5127 , that we will flee [H8804] H6440 before them,

6 H3318 (For they will come out [H8804] H310 after H5423 us) till we have drawn [H8687] H5892 them from the city H559 ; for they will say [H8799] H5127 , They flee [H8801] H6440 before H7223 us, as at the first H5127 : therefore we will flee [H8804] H6440 before them.

7 H6965 Then ye shall rise up [H8799] H693 from the ambush [H8802] H3423 , and seize [H8689] H5892 upon the city H3068 : for the LORD H430 your God H5414 will deliver [H8804] H3027 it into your hand.

8 H8610 And it shall be, when ye have taken [H8800] H5892 the city H3341 , that ye shall set [H8686] H5892 the city H784 on fire H1697 : according to the commandment H3068 of the LORD H6213 shall ye do [H8799] H7200 . See [H8798] H6680 , I have commanded [H8765] you.

9 H3091 Joshua H7971 therefore sent them forth [H8799] H3212 : and they went [H8799] H3993 to lie in ambush H3427 , and abode [H8799] H1008 between Bethel H5857 and Ai H3220 , on the west side H5857 of Ai H3091 : but Joshua H3885 lodged [H8799] H3915 that night H8432 among H5971 the people.

10 H3091 And Joshua H7925 rose up early [H8686] H1242 in the morning H6485 , and numbered [H8799] H5971 the people H5927 , and went up [H8799] H2205 , he and the elders H3478 of Israel H6440 , before H5971 the people H5857 to Ai.

11 H5971 And all the people H4421 , even the people of war H5927 that were with him, went up [H8804] H5066 , and drew nigh [H8799] H935 , and came [H8799] H5892 before the city H2583 , and pitched [H8799] H6828 on the north side H5857 of Ai H1516 : now there was a valley H5857 between them and Ai.

12 H3947 And he took [H8799] H2568 about five H505 thousand H376 men H7760 , and set [H8799] H693 them to lie in ambush [H8802] H1008 between Bethel H5857 and Ai H3220 , on the west side H5857 of the city [H8675] H5892 .

13 H7760 And when they had set [H8799] H5971 the people H4264 , even all the host H6828 that was on the north H5892 of the city H6119 , and their liers in wait H3220 on the west H5892 of the city H3091 , Joshua H3212 went [H8799] H3915 that night H8432 into the midst H6010 of the valley.

14 H4428 And it came to pass, when the king H5857 of Ai H7200 saw [H8800] H4116 it, that they hasted [H8762] H7925 and rose up early [H8686] H582 , and the men H5892 of the city H3318 went out [H8799] H7125 against [H8800] H3478 Israel H4421 to battle H5971 , he and all his people H4150 , at a time appointed H6440 , before H6160 the plain H3045 ; but he wist [H8804] H693 not that there were liers in ambush [H8802] H310 against him behind H5892 the city.

15 H3091 And Joshua H3478 and all Israel H5060 made as if they were beaten [H8735] H6440 before H5127 them, and fled [H8799] H1870 by the way H4057 of the wilderness.

16 H5971 And all the people H5857 that were in Ai [H8675] H5892 H2199 were called [H8735] H7291 together to pursue [H8800] H310 after H7291 them: and they pursued [H8799] H310 after H3091 Joshua H5423 , and were drawn away [H8735] H5892 from the city.

17 H376 And there was not a man H7604 left [H8738] H5857 in Ai H1008 or Bethel H3318 , that went not out [H8804] H310 after H3478 Israel H5800 : and they left [H8799] H5892 the city H6605 open [H8803] H7291 , and pursued [H8799] H3478 after Israel.

18 H3068 And the LORD H559 said [H8799] H3091 unto Joshua H5186 , Stretch out [H8798] H3591 the spear H3027 that is in thy hand H5857 toward Ai H5414 ; for I will give [H8799] H3027 it into thine hand H3091 . And Joshua H5186 stretched out [H8799] H3591 the spear H3027 that he had in his hand H5892 toward the city.

19 H693 And the ambush [H8802] H6965 arose [H8804] H4120 quickly H4725 out of their place H7323 , and they ran [H8799] H5186 as soon as he had stretched out [H8800] H3027 his hand H935 : and they entered [H8799] H5892 into the city H3920 , and took [H8799] H4116 it, and hasted [H8762] H3341 and set [H8686] H5892 the city H784 on fire.

20 H582 And when the men H5857 of Ai H6437 looked [H8799] H310 behind H7200 them, they saw [H8799] H6227 , and, behold, the smoke H5892 of the city H5927 ascended up [H8804] H8064 to heaven H3027 , and they had no power H5127 to flee [H8800] H2008 this way or that way H5971 : and the people H5127 that fled [H8801] H4057 to the wilderness H2015 turned back [H8738] H7291 upon the pursuers [H8802] .

21 H3091 And when Joshua H3478 and all Israel H7200 saw [H8804] H693 that the ambush [H8802] H3920 had taken [H8804] H5892 the city H6227 , and that the smoke H5892 of the city H5927 ascended [H8804] H7725 , then they turned again [H8799] H5221 , and slew [H8686] H582 the men H5857 of Ai.

22 H428 And the other H3318 issued out [H8804] H5892 of the city H7125 against [H8800] H8432 them; so they were in the midst H3478 of Israel H5221 , some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote [H8686] H5704 them, so that H7604 they let [H8689] H8300 none of them remain H6412 or escape.

23 H4428 And the king H5857 of Ai H8610 they took [H8804] H2416 alive H7126 , and brought [H8686] H3091 him to Joshua.

24 H3478 And it came to pass, when Israel H3615 had made an end [H8763] H2026 of slaying [H8800] H3427 all the inhabitants [H8802] H5857 of Ai H7704 in the field H4057 , in the wilderness H7291 wherein they chased [H8804] H5307 them, and when they were all fallen [H8799] H6310 on the edge H2719 of the sword H8552 , until they were consumed [H8800] H3478 , that all the Israelites H7725 returned [H8799] H5857 unto Ai H5221 , and smote [H8686] H6310 it with the edge H2719 of the sword.

25 H5307 And so it was, that all that fell [H8802] H3117 that day H376 , both of men H802 and women H8147 , were twelve H6240 H505 thousand H582 , even all the men H5857 of Ai.

26 H3091 For Joshua H7725 drew H3027 not his hand H7725 back [H8689] H5186 , wherewith he stretched out [H8804] H3591 the spear H2763 , until he had utterly destroyed [H8689] H3427 all the inhabitants [H8802] H5857 of Ai.

27 H929 Only the cattle H7998 and the spoil H5892 of that city H3478 Israel H962 took for a prey [H8804] H1697 unto themselves, according unto the word H3068 of the LORD H6680 which he commanded [H8765] H3091 Joshua.

28 H3091 And Joshua H8313 burnt [H8799] H5857 Ai H7760 , and made [H8799] H8510 it an heap H5769 for ever H8077 , even a desolation H3117 unto this day.

29 H4428 And the king H5857 of Ai H8518 he hanged [H8804] H6086 on a tree H6256 until eventide H6153 H8121 : and as soon as the sun H935 was down [H8800] H3091 , Joshua H6680 commanded [H8765] H3381 that they should take H5038 his carcase H3381 down [H8686] H6086 from the tree H7993 , and cast [H8686] H6607 it at the entering H8179 of the gate H5892 of the city H6965 , and raise [H8686] H1419 thereon a great H1530 heap H68 of stones H3117 , that remaineth unto this day.

30 H3091 Then Joshua H1129 built [H8799] H4196 an altar H3068 unto the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H2022 in mount H5858 Ebal,

31 H4872 As Moses H5650 the servant H3068 of the LORD H6680 commanded [H8765] H1121 the children H3478 of Israel H3789 , as it is written [H8803] H5612 in the book H8451 of the law H4872 of Moses H4196 , an altar H8003 of whole H68 stones H5130 , over which no man hath lift up [H8689] H1270 any iron H5927 : and they offered [H8686] H5930 thereon burnt offerings H3068 unto the LORD H2076 , and sacrificed [H8799] H8002 peace offerings.

32 H3789 And he wrote [H8799] H68 there upon the stones H4932 a copy H8451 of the law H4872 of Moses H3789 , which he wrote [H8804] H6440 in the presence H1121 of the children H3478 of Israel.

33 H3478 And all Israel H2205 , and their elders H7860 , and officers [H8802] H8199 , and their judges [H8802] H5975 , stood [H8802] H727 on this side the ark H3548 and on that side before the priests H3881 the Levites H5375 , which bare [H8802] H727 the ark H1285 of the covenant H3068 of the LORD H1616 , as well the stranger H249 , as he that was born H2677 among them; half H413 of them over H4136 against H2022 mount H1630 Gerizim H2677 , and half H4136 of them over against H2022 mount H5858 Ebal H4872 ; as Moses H5650 the servant H3068 of the LORD H6680 had commanded [H8765] H7223 before H1288 , that they should bless [H8763] H5971 the people H3478 of Israel.

34 H310 And afterward H7121 he read [H8804] H1697 all the words H8451 of the law H1293 , the blessings H7045 and cursings H3789 , according to all that is written [H8803] H5612 in the book H8451 of the law.

35 H1697 There was not a word H4872 of all that Moses H6680 commanded [H8765] H3091 , which Joshua H7121 read [H8804] H6951 not before all the congregation H3478 of Israel H802 , with the women H2945 , and the little ones H1616 , and the strangers H1980 that were conversant [H8802] H7130 among them.